City Council - Regular Meeting

OOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR MAY 5TH, 2026. MY NAME IS AURIN CHOWDHURY AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. PRESENT. WONSLEY. PRESENT. RAINVILLE. PRESENT. VETAW. PRESENT. WARREN. PRESENT. OSMAN IS ABSENT. SHAFFER. PRESENT. STEVENSON. PRESENT. CHAVEZ. PRESENT. WHITING. PRESENT. PALMISANO. PRESENT. VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI IS ABSENT. AND CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, LET ME OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO EVERYONE THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. REAL-TIME CAPTIONING TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL SPEAKERS BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR ITS BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO PLEASE MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. COLLEAGUES, THE AGENDA IS IN FRONT OF US. WE'LL BEGIN WITH REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES FIRST, CONSENT AND PUBLIC HEARING. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE.

THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO ADD TO THE AGENDA A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FOR LOCAL PROGRESS CONVENING FOR FEDERAL DEPLOYMENT IN LOS ANGELES FOR MYSELF. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. EXCELLENT. THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. WITH THAT, M I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED OR ARE THERE ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS. I'M SORRY. COULD YOU ADD BECAUSE WE COULDN'T HEAR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR MOTION?

YES, IT'S A MOTION TO ACCEPT GIFT FOR TRAVEL AND LODGING FOR THE LOCAL PROGRESS FEDERAL DEPLOYMENT CONVENING IN LOS ANGELES. EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT MOTION IS BEFORE US. IT'S BEEN SECONDED. AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER CHAZ.

THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I' LIKE TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO ADD ON THE CONSENT COMPONENT RECOGNIZING THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MEXICAN HOLIDAY OF CINCO DE MAYO. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT HOLIDAY ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE FROM EBBLA, MEXICO, WHERE MY FAMILY IS FROM. SECOND. SECOND. WITH THAT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED? SO MOVED. SECOND. EXCELLENT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THAT MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. THE FIRSTS IS ENTERPRISE AND LABOR RELATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, I'M GOING TO ASK HIM TO COMPLETE THE REPORT.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE ELR COMMITTEE HAS FOUR ITEMS TO BRING FORWARD TO THE BODY TODAY. NUMBER ONE IS A PASSAGE OF A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE DESIGNATION OF POLLING LOCATION FOR 2026. NUMBER TWO IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH GUIDE HOUSE INC. TO CONDUCT JURISDICTION RESEARCH. NUMBER THREE IS A LEGAL SETTLEMENT FOR TA JURON. FOUR IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FOR BLOOMBURG PROPERTIES. THE ELR CHAIR PALMISANO AND MYSELF WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS.

MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE IN QUEUE, WE WILL MOVE NEXT TO THE REPORT OF THE BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY COUNC MEMBER OSMAN.

FIVE ITEMS TO THE FULL COUNCIL ON THSDAY. ONE, APPROVES THREE LIQUOR LICENSE. TWO, APPROVES 26 LICENSE RENEWALS. THREE, APPROVES GAMBLING LICENSE. FOUR, APPROVES GAMBLING LICENSE RENEWALS. FIVE -- SIX AUTHORIZES A MASTER CONTRACT FOR PUBLIC ART MANAGERS. SEVEN ACCEPTS A BID FOR CARPET REPLACEMENT AT MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTER. EIGHT AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT. NINE AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH MEET MINNEAPOLIS. ITEM 10 APPROVES A STREET RENAMING IN HONOR OF OFFICER JAMAL MITCHELL TO BLAISDELL AVENUE. NINE, UPDATED AGREEMENT WITH CENTER. 12, THIS ITEM WASENT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS REPORT? OKAY. SEEING NO ONE IN QUEUE, WE WILL GO TO THE NEXTEPORT OF THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE GIVEN BY ITS CHAIR, CHAIR WONSLEY.

THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE HAS EIGHT ITEMS TO BRING FORWARD. FIRST IS RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO THE PROJECT APPROVAL, AN ASSESSMENT OF THE 27th AVENUE NORTHEAST RESURFACING PROJECT. TWO IS RESOLUTIONS RELATED FOR THE PROJECT APPROVAL ASSESSMENTN AREA WAY ABANDONMENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY AVENUE SOUTHEAST AND 4TH STREET SOUTHEAST RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THREE IS ACCEPTING MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY PLANNING GRANT FOR NORTH MINNEAPOLIS FLOOD PROJECT FEASIBILITY EVALUATION. FOUR IS ACCEPTING A PLANNING GRANT FOR EAST MINNEAPOLIS FLOOD MITIGAON PROJECT. FIVE IS RESOLUTION RELATED TO GIFT ACCEPTCE FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS. SIX IS ACCEPTING A LOW BID FOR 26th STREET EAST AND HIAWATHA SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. SEVEN IS ACCEPTING A LOW BID FOR WHITTIER SAFE ROUTE FOR SCHOOL. EIGHT CONSTRUCTION OF NICOLLET AVENUE IRRIGATION SYSTEM. I'LL STAND FOR QUESTIONS.

HANK YOU. I AM NOT SEEING ANYONE IN QUEUE FOR QUESTIONS. WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT REPORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND EQUITY COMMITTEE GIVEN BY ITS CHAIR CHAVEZ.

WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD SEVEN ITEMS. ONE AUTHORIZES CONTRACT AMENDMENTS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. TWO APPROVES A HIGH DENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING GRANT FOR REGIONAL DRUG THREATS. THREE IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FOR THE BIG CITIES HEALTH COALITION. FOUR IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM PENNSVANIA CARRY LAW SCHOOL. FIVE APPROVES OF JONES LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. SIX AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT WITH RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COMMUNITY ACTION FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM SERVICES. SEVEN AUTHORIZES A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR PROVISION OF SOCIAL WORKER SERVICES. I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE ITEMS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. I AM NOT SEEING ANYONE IN QUEUE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, SO WE WILL HAVE MOVE TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE REPORT GIVEN BY ITS VICE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR CHOWDHURY. ITEM ONE APPROVES THE 2026 CONSOLIDATED ACTION PLAN BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS. TWO AMENDS THE 2026 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION TO ROLLOVER UNSPENT 2025 APPROPRIATIONS. I'LL STAND FOR QUESTIONS ON THESE ITEMS.

ALL RIGHT. MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS FINAL REPORT? OKAY. WE ARE NOT SEEING ANY. SO WITHTHAT, WE WILL NEXT TAKE UP THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE IS ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TO START WITH AND WE'LL ALSO ADD THE TWO GIFT ACCEPTANCES THAT WERE AMENDED FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA. FIRST IS RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE STUDY FOR A NEW PASSENGER RAIL SERVICES OR CORRIDORS TO THE TWIN CITIES. AND THEN THE SECOND AND THIRD ITEMS WERE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, GIFT ACCEPTANCE FOR TRAVEL. AND THEN THE OTHER WAS THE RESOLUTION COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ BROUGHT FORWARD FOR CINCO DE MAYO. THERE SHOULD BE PRINTED COPIES OF RCAs FOR MEMBERS THAT NEED THEM. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FOR MEMBERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY. WE'RE JUST KEEPING IT MOVING. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL MOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL. IS THERE A SECOND?

SECOND. EXCELLENT. ON THAT MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THAT MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. MEMBERS, NOW WE WILL HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO FIREARMS REGULATIONS. MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER LMISANO, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ ARE AUTHORING THIS ORDINANCE. AND WE WILL BE DOING A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT THE ORDINANCE BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING. AND I'LL JUST GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR POLICY AIDE TO GET US QUEUED UP AND READY TO GO. WHILE SHE DOES THAT, I WILL JUST GIVE SOME OPENING REMARKS. I HAD A NUMBER OF RARKS WRITTEN DOWN, BUT TAKING THE TIME TO WRITE THEM WAS SO DIFFICULT AND TOOK ME BACK TO A TOUGH PLACE THAT WE ALL WERE IN, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT WERE ON THE COUNCIL DURING THE MASS SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED AT ANNUNCIATION. THE MASS SHOOTING THE DAY BEFORE AT RIGHT OUTSIDE OF CHRISTO JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS PUT ON LOCKDOWN. AND SHOOTINGS ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF MINNEAPOLIS. I ALSO KNOW FOR MEMBERS UP HERE ON THE DAIS, WE ALL HAVE INTIMATE EXPERIENCES WITH GUN VIOLENCE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TOUCHED ALL OF OUR WARDS AND ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS. AND WE ARE JUST EXTREMELY UNITED AS A CITY TO DO EVYTHING WE CAN TO REDUCE THE HARM OF GUN VIOLENCE, A

ULTIMATELY, END IT IN OUR COMMUNITIES. IT IS A TRUE PUBLIC HEALTH EPIDEMIC. AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL OF THE FAMILIES, VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AND EVERYONE IN OUR CITY THAT HAS BEEN IMPACTED. [ MOMENT OF SILENCE ]

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. IS YOUR PRESENTATION READY? OKAY. EXCELLENT. SO I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING THIS ORDINANCE WITH ATTORNEY AMY SHUT. WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HAND IN HAND TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS READY TO GO AND ACHIEVES ALL OF THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE, AND OUR EFFORTS TO REDUC GUN VIOLENCE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND PUSH THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO BRING FORWARD COMMON SENSE GUN CONTROL. I WANT TO JUST FIRST START OFF BY THANKING EVERY SINGLE PERSON FROM OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS HERE IN OUR CHAMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO THANK THE ANNUNCIATION COMMUNITY, ANNUNCIATION MOMS DEND ACTION, PROTECT MINNESOTA, ALL THE ADVOCATES FROM THE NORTHSIDE TO THE SOUTHSIDE THAT HAVE REALLY BEEN A PART OF THIS WORK, NOT JUST THIS LAST YEAR, BUT REALLY FOR THE LONG HAUL. AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM ON THE HUGE SWEEPING VICTORY THAT THEY GOT AT THE STATE SENATE. VERY HISTORICAL TO GET A BILL PASSED THAT ADDRESSES A BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS, A BAN ON BINARY TRIGGERS, A BAN ON GHOST GUNS THAT ARE UNDETECTABLE, SAFE STORAGE. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY A REPUBLICAN LEGISLATOR AND BROUGHT IT FORWARD. I THINK SENATOR WARREN LIMMER. NOW WE AS A MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY, THERE ARE PARTS OF THIS ORDINANCE THAT ATTORNEY SHUT WILL GO THROUGH IMMEDIATELY. AND PARTS THAT WILL REQUIRE THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO MOVE WITH THEIR FEET AND TAKE

ACON SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE AUTHORITY AS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS TO ENACT THOSE POLICIES. WE HAVE A BIG WEEK COMING UP BECAUSE THE BILL IS NOW GOING TO BE HEARD IN THE HOUSE, AND WE ARE SAYING THAT MINNEAPOLIS IS UNITED IN SEEING THIS LEGISLATION PASS, AND WE WILL BE WATCHING TO SEE WHO IS A BARRIER IN ENSURING THAT WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFER. I'VE HEARD IT FROM THE ADVOCATES THAT THIS POLICY ISN'T GOING TO END GUN VIOLENCE. WHAT WE ARE LITERALLY ASKING FOR IS JUST THE BASICS SO WE CAN REDUCE THE HARM. WHI IS THE BEAR MINIMUM. WE DESERVE SO, SO MUCH MORE. AND THEN I WILL HAVE AMY GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN ATTORNEY SHUT, IF YOU WANT TO JUST TAKE IT AWAY TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES AND WHAT THIS SECTION MEANS.

THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. MY NAME IS AMY SHUT. I'M A LEAD ASSISTANT ATTORNEY IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. AND I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY. SO AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, THIS ORDINANCE IS A FULL REWRITE OF CHAPTER 393 OF YOUR CODE OF ORDINANCES. SO IT REPLACES IN ITS ENTIRETY WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN CHAPTER 393. THE FIRST PARTS OF THIS ORDINANCE, IF THEY WERE PASSED, ARE WHAT WE'RE CALLING NOT CONTINGENT. SO THEY TAKE PLACE IMMEDIATELY 30 DAYS AFTER PASSAGE AND PUBLICATION. THESE SECTIONS INCLUDE 393.10 STATE REGULATIONS INCORPORATED, 393.20, SEVERABILITY SECTION. AND THEN 393.30 DEFINITIONS. WITHIN THESE FIRST SECTIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IMMEDIATELY UPON PASSAGE AND PUBLICATION IN THAT 30 DAYS, OUR INTENTION WAS TO REWRITE THESE IN A WAY THAT CLARIFIED WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE. IT'S LARGELY CLARIFICATION OF WHAT YOU HAD IN YOUR ORIGINAL ORDINANCE. AND WE ALSO MOVED ALL OF THESE SECTIONS THAT ARE NON-CONTINGENT UP TO E FIRST SECTIONS OF YOUR ORDINANCE. YOU'LL NOTE IN THE DEFITION SECTION THAT FIRST, WE ARE RELYING ON STATE STATUTE FOR DEFINITIONS. WE DO MAKE REFERENCE IN SUBDIVISION A TO THE STATE STATUTE THAT REGULATES GUN CONTROL. WHERE POSSIBLE, WE DO WANT TO DEFER TO THOSE DEFINITIONS IN THE STATE STATUTE AND ENSURE THAT OUR DEFINITIONS ARE ALIGNED. HOWEVER, WE DO ALSO HAVE A SUBSECTION B OF THE DEFINITIONS WHERE WE'VE INCLUDED OUR OWN DEFINITIONS. IN SOME CASES, THESE DEFINITIONS AREN'T PROVIDED IN STATE STATUTE. IN SOME CASES, THEY'RE NOT PROVIDED YET IN STATE STATUTE. IN SOME CASES THEY'RE PROVIDED IN

ANOTHER SECTION OF STATE STATUTE THAT'S NOT THE PRIMARY ONE LISTED IN SUBDIVISION A. ON THESE SLIDES YOU'LL SEE THE DEFINITIONS THAT ARE SUBSTANTIAL DEFINITIONS RELATED TO THIS STATUTE.

AND MEMBERS, AND THE PUBLIC, YOU'LL SEE AS WE GO THROUGH THE ORDINANCE ALL OF THESE DEFINITIONS ARE TOUCHED ON IN DIFFERENT PLACES. THERE'S LOT OF DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS AND PROVISIONS IN THE PRESENTATION TODAY. I WON'T HIGHLIGHT EVERY SINGLE ONE INDIVIDUALLY. ATTORNEY SHUT WILL CERTAINLY GO THROUGH THEM. BUT THERE WILL BE SOME PLACES THAT I WANT TO NOTE FOR YOU AND NOTE FOR THE PUBLIC. SO WE CAN MOVE T THE NEXT SLIDE.

AND IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHILE WE DO HAVE CONTINGENT SECTIONS OF THE STATUTE, WHICH WE'LL DISCUSS LATER, THE DEFINITIONS RELATED TO THOSE CONTINGENT SECTIONS ARE IN THIS DEFINITION SECTION. THE WILL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. IT NEEDED TO BE STRUCTURED THAT WAY SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A DEFINITION SECTION THAT TAKES EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. BUT THE PRACTICAL IMPLICATION OF THAT WILL MEAN THERE ARE SOME DEFINITIONS IN THIS DEFINITION SECTION THAT DON'T MEAN ANYTHING UNTIL THOSE CONTINGENT SECTIONS TAKE EFFECT. IN THOSE SECTIONS THAT ARE NONCONTINGENT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE 30 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION ARE THE VIOLATIONS SECTION. RESTRICTIONS ON POSSESSION CONVEYANCE AND DISPLAY OF NON-FIREARM WEAPONS AND FACSIMILE FIREARMS. AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL SECTIONS THAT WERE IN YOUR ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OR IN YOUR ORIGINAL ORDINANCE. WE HAVE CLEANED UP AND SOLIDIFIED THAT LANGUAGE IN THESE FIRST SEVEN SECTIONS. SO THEN WE MOVE ON TO THE SECONS WHICH ARE CONTINGENT. AND BY CONTINGENT, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THESE CTIONS OF THE ORDINANCE WILL NOT GO INTO EFFECT RIGHT AWAY. THEY WILL ONLY GO INTO EFFECT IF THERE'S A STATE LAW THAT CHANGES ALLOWING US TO PASS THEM. AS I THINK YOU ALL ARE AWARE, THERE IS A NUMBER OF STATE STATUTES RELATED TO PREEMPTION OF REGULATION OF FIREARMS. THOSE ARE STL IN PLACE. AND SO UNLESS AND UNTIL THOSE STATUTES ARE REPEALED OR A NEW STATE STATUTE IS PASSED THATLLOWS US SPECIFICALLY TO REGULATE FIREARMS, THESE SECTIONS WILL NOT GO INTO EFFECT.

AND THEN I WILL JUST NOTE FOR MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THIS IS ON OUR LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE FULL ORDINANCE. IN THE BACK, VERY END OF IT, YOU SEE A LIST OF DIFFERENT EFFECTIVE DATES AND NUMBER OF STATUTES. FOR THE ONES THAT ARE CONTINGENT THAT THEY'RE TIED TO. EACH ONE SPECIFIES THAT THERE EITHER NEEDS TO BE AN AMENDMENT OR REPEAL. AND THEN FULL AUTHORITY GIVEN TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS TO ENACT REGULATIONS. SO IT WAS REALLY TAKEN UP THE TACT THAT LIKE DO THE JOB, STATE LEGISLATURE, TO ENACT STATEWIDE POLICY CHANGE FOR THESE AREAS. IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO , GIVE THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AUTHORITY TO DO SO. AS WE HAVE FUTURE DISCUSSIONS, I THINK THERE I SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT US STARTING HERE BECAUSE AS THE LARGEST CITY IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AS AN URBAN CORE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO TAILOR POLICIES TO THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES. THAT'S WHY EVERY YEAR WHEN WE GO TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE, WE HAVE A STATED POSITION OF FIGHTING FOR LOCAL CONTROL.

SO THESE SECTIONS THAT ARE CONTINGENT INCLUDE A PROHIBITION ON ASSAULT WEAPONS. A PROHIBITION ON LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZ MAGAZINES. PROHIBITION ON BINARY TRIGGERS. PROHIBITION ON GHOST GUNS. AND YOU CAN SEE THEN WE GET INTO REGULATIONS OF FIREARMS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE REGULATIONS OF NON-FIREARM WEAPONS AND FACSIMILE FIREARMS THAT YOU WILL HAVE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE MORE IMMEDIATELY.

THEN IF WE CAN GO BACK ONE SLIDE, I'D LOVE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR YOU MEMBERS. FIRST, I THINK THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN, WE VERY CLEARLY DEFINE IT AND ALIGN IT WITH STATE. IT'S SEMI-AUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS. WE'RE CLEARLY TAKING THE STANCE OF WE SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS TYPE OF HIGH CAPACITY WEAPONS OF WAR ON OUR CITY STREETS OR ANYWHERE. AND THEN AS FAR AS LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZINES GO, WE KNOW THAT FIREARMS EQUIPPED WITH HIGH PACITY MAGAZINES MAKE INSTANCES OF VIOLENCE EXCEPTIONALLY DEADLY. HIGH CAPACITY AMMUNITION MAGAZINES COMMONLY DEFINED AS THOSE CAPABLE OF HOLDING MORE THAN 10 ROUNDS ARE A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, AND WE'RE TAKING THE POSITION THAT IT SHOULD BE PROHIBITED. THERE'S A SLIDE THAT HIGHLIGHTS AN AMENDMENT CHANGE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD WHERE WE ORIGINALLY HAD LISTED 20 ROUNDS AS HIGH CAPACITY. BUT WE'RE CHANGINGT TO 10 ROUNDS THROUGH THE AMENDMENT TO LINE UP WITH WHAT IS BROADLY COMMON PRACTICE ACROSS JURISDICTIONS. THERE ARE SEVERAL STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE LISTED HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINES AS 10 ROUNDS. ESSENTIALLY, SAYING THAT THE HANDGUNS, PISTOLS, THAT'S THE MAX THAT SHOULD BE ALLOWABLE, AND THAT'S WHAT'S REASONABLE FOR WHAT A FIREARM SHOULD BE USED FOR. THIS IS ALSO A POINT OF NEGOTIATION ATHE STATE LEGISLATURE AS WELL. AND THEN THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DIRECTLY, THIS AMENDMENT CHANGE WAS SOMETHING THAT WASIRECTLY BROUGHT TO US BY ADVOCATES TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE AND REDE THE DEADLINESS OF SHOOTING

INSTANCES. AND THEN I'LL ALSO HIGHLIGHT BINARY TRIGGERS FOR THE PUBLIC AND MEMBERS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STATE WHAT THE DEFINITION IS BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY MIND-BOGGLING THAT THIS IS AN ALLOWABLE USE THAT W CURRENTLY HAVE. BINARY TRIGGER MEANS A DEVICE MECHANISM OR PART DESIGNED OR MARKETED OR INTENDED TO CAUSE A FIREARM TO DISCHARGE ONE ROUND WHEN THE TRIGGER IS PULLED, AND TO DISCHARGE AN ADDITIONAL ROUND WHEN THE TRIGGER IS RELEASED. AS ALSO COMMONLY KNOWN AS TWO-STAGE FIRING DEVICES. SO WHEN YOU HAVE A BINARY TRIGGER, YOU ARE RAPIDLY FIRING. AND AGAIN, LIKE, IN THE HANDS OF THE WRONG PERSON WITH THE WRONG INTENTIONS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN THE LAST ONE I'LL JUST QUICK HIGHLIGHT ON THIS SLIDE IS OST GUNS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS THAT UNDERMINES MINNESOTA'S EXISTING BACKGROUND CHECK LAWS. BECAUSE YOU CAN ESSENTIALLY 3D PRINT A FIREARM, WHICH IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AND THEY ARE UNSERIALIZED. THEY DON'T HAVE A SERIAL CODE ON THEM. AND SO THEY WILL BE AT THE SCENE OF A CRIME, AND A POLICE OFFICER OR FIRST RESPONDER IS UNABLE TO DETECT WHO IT BELONGS TO. ALSO, IF YOU'RE 3D PRINTING AND YOU GO THROUGH A METAL DETECTOR, IT IS UNDETECTABLE. SO THAT IS ALSO WHY THIS IS A PROVISION WE'RE TAKING UP ALONG WITH LEGISLATURES AT THE THE CAPITOL. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. ATTORNEY SHUT, WOULD YOU MIND JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING THE PROHIBITION ON SENSITIVE PLACES, AND THEN PUBLIC PLACES?

YES. SO ACCORDING TO OUR DEFINITION SECTION SENSITIVE PLACES ARE DEFIN AS CITY-OWNED LEASED OR CONTROLLED BUILDING OR PROPERTY THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR GOVERNMENT, RECREATION, CULTURAL OR CIVIC PURPOSES. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE PARKING RAMPS. PUBLIC PLACES, AGAIN, REFERS TO THE MEANING ASSIGNED IN MINNESOTA STATUTE THAT I DO NOT HAVE IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW. BUT IT'S A BROADER DEFINITION REFERRING TO MORE PUBLIC PLAS IN GENERAL.

NO WORRIES BECAUSE I HAVE IT IN FNT OF ME. PROPERTY OWNED LEASED OR CONTROLLED BY GOVERNMENT UNIT THAT IS REGULARLY AND FREQUENTLY OPEN AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE USE OF THE PUBLIC IN SUFFICIENT NUMBERS. SO THIS IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT LEGISLATION TO PROHIBIT GUNS IN PLACES LIKE WHERE WE ARE SITTING RIGHT NOW. CITY HALL, IN OUR CHAMBERS WHERE WE CONDUCT BUSINESS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN TOP OF MIND AT THE STATE LESLATURE. ESPECIALLY FOLLOWING THE ASSASSINATION OF SPEAKER MELISSA HORTMAN AND HER HUSBAND, AND THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR HOFFMAN. AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S DEEPLY PERSONAL FOR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. BUT ESPECIALLY MEMBERS OF THIS BODY. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT HOW DEEP IT IS FOR US. THIS GOES BEYOND JUST A FIGHT BETEN REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS. THIS IS A NON-PARTISAN ISSUE ABOUT SAFETY. AND JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE CONTEXT AROUND THAT. AND YOU ALSO SEE THAT THERE IS A PROVISION AROUND FIREARM SAFE STORAGE, WHICH WILL ALSO BE AMENDED. AND THAT AMENDMENT IS BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, MEMBERS. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO AS MENTIONED, THESE LATER SECTIONS OF THE ORDINANCE ARE CONTINGENT. AND THAT MEANS THAT THEY DO REQUIRE A STATE LAW CHANGE OR MULTIPLE STATE LAW CHANGES BEFORE THEY CAN BE EFFECTIVE. IN THE EVENT THAT THOSE STATE LAWS CHANGE, WE HAVE CREATED A PROCESS BY WHICH THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL WILL BE MADE AWARE THAT THESE ORDINANCES ARE GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT. AND SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN THERE IS THAT IF AND WHEN THOSE STATE LAWS ARE CHANGED, MY OFFICE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WILL CERTIFY TO THE CITY COUNCIL ALONG WITH A NOTICE OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE THAT ANY OF THE GIVEN ORDINANCES CAN GO INTO EFFECT, AND THAT EFFECTIVE DATE WILL BE 90 DAYS AFTER THE CERTIFICATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. AND THEN IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AS WELL. THE ONE THAT I HIGHLIGHTED FOR YOU PREVIOUSLY WAS AROUND THE LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZINES DEFINED AS TEN ROUNDS INSTEAD OF 20. AND THEN THERE ARE TWO OTHER DEFINITIONS RELATED TO SAFE STORAGE AROUND LOCKING DEVICE, AN UNINTENDED. AND THAT SHOULD BE BEFORE YOU AS WELL. AND THEN WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE TO JUST COVER THE OTHER AMENDMENT THAT IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED TODAY. AGAIN, A SAFE STORAGE PROVISION. WE FELT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO JUST IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THE FIREARMS REGULATION, LET'S REALLY DO THE FIREARMS REGULATION PIECE. AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS, AND THEIR SUPPORT AND THE OUTREACH THEY'VE DONE AND CONSIDERING THIS. I THINK THIS IS OUR FINAL SLIDE. WE'LL TAKE UP QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. I AM REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR THE DISCUSSION THAT MEMBERS WILL HAVE UP HERE AND HERE FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBER. I'M IN A REALLY INTERESTING POSITION WHERE I'M PRESENTING AND THEN GOING BACK INTO CHAIRING. SO YORE JUST GOING TO HEAR FROM ME A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE BLIC. SO BEFORE I OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, I HAVE SOME NOTES TO SHARE. FOR EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MIGHT PARTICIPATE IN OUR HEARINGS OR PUBLIC HEARING PERIOD. THESE HEARINGS ARE BEING RECORDED AND BROADCAST. BOTH THE RECORDING AND BROADCAST ARE CLASSIFIED AS PUBLIC DATA UNDER THE MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES ACT. YOUR IMAGE,

TESTIMONY, OR INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE WILL ALSO BE DISCLOSURE UNDER LAW. THAT INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO YOUR ATTENDANCE, YOUR NAME, YOUR OTHER PERSONAL DETAILS YOU PROVIDE AS WELL AS ANY TESTIMONY OR COMMENTS YOU PROVIDE, WHICH INCLUDES ANY WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS YOU MAKE, WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE RECORD OF THIS MEETING. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO TESTIFY. FOUR MINUTES IF IF YOU REQUIRE INTERPRETER SERVICES. IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE DURING THIS HEARING AND YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY SIGNED IN, PLEASE REGISTER WITH THE CLERKS AT THE REGISTRATION TABLE LOCATED IN THE CORRIDOR OUTSIDE OF THE CHAMBER WALLS. YOU MAY ALSO PROVIDE ANY WRITTEN COMMENT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE WAY MORE THAT I WANTED TO SAY AND YOU HAVE IT ALL WRITTEN OUT AND YOU GET STOPPED AT TWO MINUTES, YOU CAN OFFER THAT WRITTEN SUBMISSION TO OUR CLERKS AND THEY WILL PUT IT IN THE PUBLIC RECORD. ALSO, IF YOU JUST HAVE WRITTEN COMMENTS AND YOU WEREN'T PLANNING TO SPEAK, THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING YOU CAN SUBMIT. IF TRE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT, THAT IS A WAY TO PUT IN THE VOICE. WE ENCOURAGE IT. IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED ALREADY, PLEASE DO SO. I'LL ALSO GIVE A REMINDER ONCE WE'RE AT THE END OF THE LIST THAT WE HAVE, IF YOU FELT REALLY CALLED TO SPEAK, FOR YOU TO COME UP AND GIVE YOUR TESTIMONY BEFORE WE CLOSE THE HEARING. SO WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN WELCOME UP OUR FIRST SIGNED UP SPEAKER. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS NICOLE F. WELCOME.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS NICOLE FERRELL. I'M A MOM OF TWO. ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 27TH, MY 12-YEAR OLD WAS SITTING WITH HIS CLASSMATES AT A PLACE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAFEST PLACE IMAGINABLE. INSTEAD, HE FOUND HIMSELF HIDING UNDER A CHURCH PEW WATCHING A CLASSMATE INCH CLOSER AND CLOSER TO HIM. HE LISTENED TO OTHER KIDS WHISPERING PRAYERS, WISHING THEY WOULD STOP, TERRIFIED THAT THE GUNMAN WOULD FIND HIM. LIFE LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT NOW. MY SON IS ALWAYS ON ALERT SCANNING FOR DANGER. UNEXPECTED NOISES AS SIMPLE AS OPENING A CAN OF CRESCENT ROLLS FOR DINNER CAN SEND HIM SPIRALIN THE NORMAL SOUNDS OF OUR HOME FEEL THREATENING. MY STOMACH DROPS EVERY TIME I SEE A FLOOD OF TEXT MESSAGES IN OUR PARENT CHAT. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I LEARNED OF THE SHOOTING THAT DAY. MY OLDEST USED TO BABYSIT FLETCHER MERKEL. ONE OF TWO CHILDREN MURDERED ON AUGUST 27TH. SHE GEVES FOR HIM AND THE INNOCENCE OF HIS SIBLINGS. SHE WORRIES OF HER BROTHER WILL BE SCARED WHEN HE GOES TOHEER HER ON AT A TRACK MEET BECAUSE OF THE SOUNDS THAT ACCOMPANY EVERY START OF THE RACE. EVERY WEEK, OUR FAMILY SITS WITH PROFESSIONALS HELPING US BUILD TOOLS FOR A NEW NORMAL THAT NONE OF US ASKED FOR. AND LIKE MANY FAMILIES, WE ARE TRYING TO FIND OUR FOOTING IN A WORLD THAT NO LONGER FEELS PREDICTABLE AND SAFE. YESTERDAY, THE SENATE PASSED SENATE FILE 4067. NEWS COVERAGE HAS COVERED IT A I -- FOR FAMILIES LIKE MINE, THAT STEP FORWD IS MEANINGFUL. ON THURSDAY, A VOTE

ON AN ORDINANCE IN MINNEAPOLIS, HERE, TO PROHIBIT HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINES, GHOST GUNS AND MORE WILL TAKE PLACE. THESE ORDINANCES AND BILLS ARE NOT JUST FOR ANNUNCIATION FAMILIES ALONE. IT'S NOT AN ORDINANCE OR BILL FOR ONE SCHOOL, ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, OR ONEOMENT IN TIME. THEY'RE FOR OUR ENTIRE CITY, OUR ENTIRE STATE, AND EVERY COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO PREVENT ANOTHER FAMILY FROM LIVING THROUGH WHAT OURS DID. THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S TWO MINUTES. BUT YOU CAN GIVE THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS TO OUR CLERKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SPEAKER TWO, DIANA GLOSS.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DIANA, AND MY HUSBAND MICHAEL AND I HAVE A SEVEN-YEAR OLD SON, FIVE-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND ONE-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. OUR TWO OLDER ATTEND ANNUNCIATION. AT THE TIME OF THE TRAGIC EVENT, OUR SON WAS IN MASS, AND OUR DAUGHTER -- PIECE TOGETHER FROM THE NARRATIVE OF OTHERS. TYPICALLY I WOULD SHARE WHAT I'VE LEARNED OF THEIR MOURNING. BUT I'VE ALSO COME TO THE DECISION THAT IT'S THEIR STORY NOT MINE. THE EVENTS OF OUR PERSONAL HISTORIES WHERE WE REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE. WE HAVE ADDED AUGUST 27TH TO THAT LIST. AFTER DROPPING OFF OUR CHILDREN, I DROVE TO MY WORKPLACE IN GOLDEN VALLEY. THE MESSAGE RE I JUST HEARD ABOUT A POTENTIAL SHOOTING AT ANNUNCIATION, ARE YOUR KIDS OKAY? I GRABBED MY PHONE TO SEE A FLOOD OF MESSAGES. HE WAS IN THE BASEMENT BUT AFTER HEARING UNENDING EMERGENCY VEHICLES, HE I TOLD HIM TO RUN INTO THE SCHOOL. HE TOLD ME TO GET INTO A LYFT. SITTING IN THE MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC TRYING TO GET TO YOUR CHILDREN -- IT FELT LIKE AN ENTIRETY AS I AWAITED THE UPDATE ON OUR SON. I THOUGHT ABOUT THE DAY HE WAS BORN, ALL THE FIRST MOMENTS, WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE THAT MORNING, AND RAN TO MOMENTS IN BETWEEN. I DO NOT TAKE FOR GRANTED NA WE WERE ABLE TO BRING BOTH OUR KIDS HOME THAT DAY. I REMEMBER WALKING HOME FROM THE SCHOOL AND EXCHANGING SOMBER GLANCES WITH NEIGHBORHOODS. ALL OF OUR WORLDS CHANGED THAT MORNING. WE KNOW OUR CHILDREN'S SENSE WAS ROBBED, AND WE NEVER KNOW WHEN OR HOW THIS IS GOING TO SHOW UP IN OUR

EVERYDAY LIVES. ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS IS HEARING OUR CHILDREN SAY THEY'RE SAD BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE SAD. AS PARENTS WE KNOW THERE IS SPARKLE THAT HAS BEEN LOST. THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A STEP AND I IMPLORE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO THINK ABOUT AUGUST 27TH. THINK ABOUT THE ONGOING PHYSICAL AND MENTAL LOAD ON CHILDREN, FACULTY AND HELPERS. THINK ABOUT THE CAREGIVERS NAVIGATING WHAT FEELS IMPOSSIBLE. LASTLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THINK ABOUT FLETCHER AND HARPER.

THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE SPEAKER NUMBER THREE, KAYLA L.

HELLO. MY NAME IS KAYLA LILAHI. I'M IN THE 13th WARD. EVERY DAY SINCE AUGUST 27TH, I AM CONFRONTED WITH A SHOCKING REALITY THAT MY CHILD ON HER THIRD DAY OF KINDERGARTEN BECAME A SURVIVOR OF A MASS SHOOTING. THAT MORNING, MY HUSBAND RAN DOWN THE STAIRS SHOUTING THAT THERE HAD BEEN A SHOOTING AT ANNUNCIATION. WE LIVE ONLY A FEW BLOCKS AWAY, AS WE RAN TO THE SCHOOL, MY ENTIRE BODY BEGAN TO SHAKE AT THE SIGHT OF YELLOW CRIME SCENE TAPE, OFFICERS SWARMING OUR SWEET NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL. NOT KNOWING ANY DETAILS OF WHAT HAD TRANSPIRED, WE ENTERED CHAOS. CHILDREN CLINGING TO TEACHERS AND PARENTS. SEARCHING FRANTICALLY FOR OUR DAUGHTER AND FEARING THE ABSOLUTE WORSE. AS WE CIRCLED THE ROOM OVER AND OVER AGAIN, ALL I COULD THINK OF WAS THEY ARE ALL GONE. WE FOUND OUR FIVE-YEAR-OLD IN THE GYMNASIUM STARING FIXEDLY AHEAD AND TRYING SO HARD TO BE SO VERY BRAVE. WORDS COULD NOT DESCRIBE THE RELIEF I FELT AS I WRAPPED MY ARMS AROUND HER SMALL BODY. HER INNOCENCE WAS STOLEN THAT DAY. FOR SEVERAL MONTHS SHE STRUGGLED WITH NIGHTMARES AND TERROR TO LOUD NOISES. SHE WAS HAUNTED BY THE MEMORY OF SHELTERING IN HER CLASSROOM HEARING OVER 100 ROUNDS FIRED IN A TWO-MINUTE TIME SPAN. AND THE BLOODIED KIDS SHE WITNESSED AS SHE WAITED FOR US IN THE GYM. AS WE HELD HER AND ROCKED HER IN THE DAYS AFTER, THE ONLY THING SHE WOULD SAY TO ME WAS, "I SAW SO MANY BLOODY KIDS." SHE REMAINS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO LOUD SOUNDS. THE HARD TRUTH IS THAT WHILE THE EVENTS OF THAT DAY WILL ABSOLUTELY HAVE A ROLE IN SHAPING OUR DAUGHTER, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE TOMORROW, NEXT WEEK, OR

NEXT YEAR. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT TODAY, SHE SPEAKS WITH HEARTBREAKING CLARITY ABOUT HER SCHOOL MATES HARPER AND FLETCHER WHO LIVE IN HEAVEN BECSE SOMEONE KILLED THEM WITH A GUN AT SCHOOL. -- COMPLEKT COLLECTIVELY WE HAVE FAILED AT THIS. I WANT TO LOOK MY CHILDREN IN THE EYES AND TELL THEM THAT THEIR PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, AND COMMUNITY DID EVERYTHING. INACTION IS NO LONGER AN OPTION. NO PROGRESS ON ANY OF THE MYRIAD STRATEGIES TO LESSEN GUN VIOLENCE IS UNACCEPTABLE. IT IS OUR DUTY TO PROTECT OUR BABIES.

THANK YOU. THE ONLY PATH FORWARD -- THANK YOU. WE HAVEPEAKER NUMBER 4, LEA. I WILL OFFER THE REMINDER, MAKE SURE YOUE SPEAKING RIGHT INTO A MIC WHEN YOU COME UP HERE.

MY NAME IS LEA CONDISS AND I LIVE IN THE HALE NEIGHBORHOOD. MOMS DEMAND ACTION. I AM HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE MINNEAPOLIS SAFE FIREARMS ORDINANCE. I'M T MOTHER OF THREE DAUGHTERS. THE OLDEST ONE WAS BORN I MARCH OF 1999, THE MONTH BEFORE SEMI AUTOMATIC GUNS WERE USED TO KILL THREE PEOPLE AT COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL. MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER HAS BEEN AT THE MALL FOR ONE OF THEIR SHOOTINGS, AND AT THE STATE FAIR FOR THEIR SHOOTINGS. IRONICALLY NONE OF THESE CLOSE CALLS HAPPENED IN MINNEAPOLIS. BUT IF OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OUR STATE GOVERNMENT AREN'T GOING TO TAKE STEPS TO KEEP HER SAFE, THEN I HOPE THE STATE WILL SOMEDAY LET CITIES DO WHAT THEY CAN. AND I URGE TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF SAINT PAUL. I LIVE TWO MILES FROM ANNUNCIATION CHURCH. WHAT HAPPENED THERE COULD HAVE HAPPENED AT MY CHURCH. WHILE NO SINGLE PIECE OF LEGISLATION WILL ELIMINATE ALL GUN VIOLENCE, WE NEED TO START SOMEWHERE. STARTING WITH WEAPONS DESIGNED TO SHOOT A LOT OF PEOPLE QUICKLY AND TO SHOOT BULLETS AT HIGH VELOCITY. IMPACTED ENOUGH TO SUFFER NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES SEEMS LIKE A GOOD PLACE TO START. GUNS EQUIPPED WITH HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINES, WHICH INCLUDE ASSAULT WEAPONS AND OTHER SEMI AUTOMATIC FIREARMS ACCOUNT FOR 22-36% OF GUN CRIMES. FOR CASES INVOLVING SERIOUS VIOLENCE, INCLUDING HOMICIDE OF LAW ENFORCENT OFFICERS. I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO VOTE YES ON THIS

ORDINANCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT IS SPEAKER NUMBER 5, TESS REDA.

HI. MY NAME IS TESS RADA. MY DAUGHTER LILA IS 8-YEARS OLD AND SHE GOES TO SCHOOL AT ANNUNCIATION. I'VE LIVED IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS MY ENTIRE LIFE. I GREW UP IN KINGFIELD. I WENT TO KENNY ELEMENTARY. SO WHEN LILA WAS A KID, I DECIDED I WANTED HER TO GO TO SCHOOL THERE, BUT I WANTED TO COSE THE SAFEST OPTION BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS BEEN REALLY FRIGHTENED OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING I'VE WORRIED ABOUT. ANNUNCIATION SEEMED LIKE A SAFE OPTION. WHEN LILA WAS IN FIRST GRADE, I REMEMBER I HAD A PANIC ATTACK BECAUSE HER CLASSROOM WAS THE CLOSEST TO THE DOOR. AND I KNEW WHAT THAT COULD MEAN. WHEN SHE WAS IN SECOND ADE, MY HEART LIFTED A LITTLE BECAUSE THEN SHE WAS ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. AND WHEN LILA WAS IN THIRD GRADE, A GUNMAN SHOT 116 BULLETS INTO ANNUNCIATION CHURCH DURING ALL-SCHOOL MASS KILLING A CLASSMATE SHE'S KNOWN SINCE PRSCHOOL, FLETCHER, AND HARPER. THEY RAN INTO A BASEMEN BARRICADED THE DOOR WHILE THE SHOOTING CONTINUED. LILA'S DAD WAS IN THE PARKING LOT LISTENING TO THE SHOOTING BECAUSE SHE HAD FORGOTTEN HER LUNCH THAT DAY AND HE HAD GONE TO DROP IT OFF. I USED TO GO TO THE CHURCH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN I COULDN'T SLEEP. I HAVE SHED SO MANY TEARS AT THIS PLACE. MY PTSD IS SO BAD THAT I'VE LOST MY FULL-TIME JOB. LILA FLINCHES AND DES WHEN UNEXPECTED NOISES OCCUR. SHE AND OTHER STUDENTS HAVE HAD TO GROW UP IN THAT TWO MINUTES OF FIRE. THEY NOW KNOW THEY ARE NOT SAFE, NOT AT SCHOOL AND NOT AT CHURCH. MY IMMEDIATE

THOUGHT IS I HAD TO GET MY CHILD OUT OF THIS COUNTRY. BUT MY MIND CHANGED QUICKLY -- I WORK WITH KIDS PART TIME AS A THEATER EDUCATOR. EVEN THOUGH I CAN'T PROTECT THEM, I CAN DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO PROTECT THE KIDS THIS HASN'T HAPPENED TO YET. ANNUNCIATION FAMILIES DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF SHIELDING OUR KIDS FROM THE KNOWLEDGE OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, BUT YOU DO. SO DON'T WAIT UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE. I URGE YOU TO PASS TS ORDINANCE SO THAT THE SUFFERING OUR CHILDREN HAVE ENDURED IS NOT FOR NOTHING. THANK YOU.

TNK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE SPEAKER NUMBER 6, EILEEN JOHNSON. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS EILEEN JOHNSON. I LIVE IN WARD 3 IN NORTHLOOP. I MAYAVE MISUNDERSTOOD THE OPEN COMMENTS, BUT AM ILLOWED TO SPEAK TO OFFICER JAMAL MITCHELL WAY? NO, IT MUS BE GERMANE TO THE TOPIC. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE SPEAKER NUMBER SEVEN, DAVE BORTON.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME IS DAVE BORTON. I'M A VET. I REPRESENT TODAY VETERANS FOR PEACE CHAPTER 27. AND I'M A MEMBER OF ST. TIMOTHY LUTHERAN CHURCH. I'M HEREO SAY THAT VETERANS FOR PEACE ENDORSES YOUR WORK AND THIS ORDINANCE 110%. I'VE FOLLOWED THE DISCUSSIONS AT OUR STATE LEGISLATURE, SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND YESTERDAY, THE FULL SENATE. AND YESTERDAY, ONE SENATOR SAID IT'S DISINGENUOUS TO CALL THESE WEAPONS OF WAR. AND I SAY NONSENSE. THIS GUN WAS IMPLEMENTED IN 1964. IT'S TO INFLICT THE MOST DAMAGE POSSIBLE IN THE SHORTEST PERIOD OF TIME TO SUPPRESS FIRE AND TO SPLINTER WHEN IT ENTERS THE HUMAN BODY. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO PLACE ON OUR STREETS FOR THESE 22 MILLION -- 22 MILLION GUNS. SEMI AUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE STREET. I CAN'T HAVE A BAZOOKA IN MY GARAGE. I CAN'T HAVE A TANK PARKED OUT FRONT. I CAN'T HAVE A MISSILE IN THE BACKYARD. WHY IS THIS WEAPON OF WAR ANY DIFFERENT? YESTERDAY, I LISTENED TO THE SENATE DISCUSS THIS. AND IN THAT, THEY SAID THIS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. WELL WHAT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL IS THE WELFARE OF AN 8-YEAR-OLD AND A

10-YEAR-OLD IN MASS GETTING SLAUGHTERED. OUR KIDS IN THE PLAYGROUND. I WANT TO THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE WORKED ON THIS. I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEEK THE NEXT STEP. DREAM BIG AND ACT BOLDLY. MAKE THIS COMMUNITY SAFER FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT, WE HAVE SPEAKER 8, MICHAEL BU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME'S MICHAEL BURT AND I'M HERE BECAUSE I LOVE MINNEAPOLIS. I'M A DAD OF FIVE AT NUNCIATION. THIS ISN'T JUST WHERE I LIVE, THIS IS WHO I AM. MY GRANDPA WAS A HENNEPIN COUNTY SHERIFF, HAD 10 KIDS. MY MOM WAS AN HCMC EMERGENCY ROOM CHARGE NURSE. GW UP IN 8 KIDS. TODAY I OWN AND RUN OUR FAMILY'S NUT AND CANDY COMPANY IN THE FIRST WARD IN MINNEAPOLIS. LIKE SO MANY OF US, I'VE ALWAYS BRAGGED ABOUT THE CITY. EVEN WHEN THINGS ARE HARD: GEORGE FLOYD, ICE TENSIONS, WE STILL SAY THIS IS THE ST PLACE TO LIVE, RAISE KIDS, TO BUILD A BUSINESS. THEN AUGUST 27TH HAPPENED. THE DAY BEFORE ON AUGUST 26TH, I WAS AT THE ATE FAIR WITH MY SON BENNY, WE WERE WORKING THE STAND TOGETHER LIKE MY DAD WITH ME TEACHING HIM THAT BUSINESS IS ABOUT CONNECTION. HE SPENT ALL OF HIS EARNINGS ON RIDES SMILING EAR-TO-EAR. THAT FRECKLED-FACED RED-HEAD. THE NEXT MORNING I WAS AT OUR PLANT, WHEN I RECEIVED A CALL FROM MY KID'S MOM. SHE WAS HYSTE HYSTERICAL. -- DRIVING IN THE EMERGENCY LANE, BLAR -- HORN BLARING. KIDS AT MASS. COME NOW. WHEN I GOT THERE, KIDS WERE BEING RUSHED INTO HOUSES. I FOUND THEY WERE BEING MOVED INTO THE GYM. I RAN PAST OFFICERS TELLING ME TO STOP. WHEN I OPENED THOSE DOORS, KIDS WERE ON THE FLOOR. THERE WAS BLOOD. TEARS. BLANK STAR. EVERY KID NO MATTER HOW OLD CALLING FOR THEIR MOM OR DAD. THEN I SAW BENNY NOW SITTING SILENT THEN

RUNNING TO ME SOBBING. DAD, THEY SHOT SOPHIA. I SAW HER GET SHOT. WHAT'S HAPPENING? I FOUND MY THREE GIRLS. I COULDN'T FIND MY DAUGHTER MARLEY. FOR 10 MINUTES, COULDN'T FIND HER. I FINALLY FIND HER LATER AT STARBUCKS. STANLDING IN THE BACKYARD LLING ON MY KNEES, I HEARD MARK TELL ME THAT SWEET HARPER, ONE OF MY MARLEY'S CLOSEST FRIENDS DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT ALIVE. THEN CAME THE MOMENT NO PARENT SHOULD EVER FACE, SITTING MY CHILD DOWN, TELLING HER HER FRIEND HAS PASSED. MORE TO COME.

THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE SPEAKER NUMBER 9, DAVID L. HELLO. WELCOME BACK.

MY NAME IS DAVID, I'M A SENIOR PASTOR AT LUTHERAN CHURCH. ON AUGUST 27TH OF LAST YEAR, I ARRIVED AT ANNUNCIATION CHURCH AND SCHOOL THAT MORNING AFTER RECEIVING WORD THAT ONE OF THE TWO SLAIN CHILDREN WAS ONE OF OUR KIDS, 8-YEAR-OLD FLETCHER MERKEL. I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO DESCRIBE THE HURT AND DEVASTATION I WITNESSED THAT DAY OR THE TOLL IT HAS TAKEN ON OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. BUT I CAN SAY I ARRIVED THERE AS A RESPONDER. THAT IS MEDICAL STAFF, COUNSELORS OR CLERGY, ALL WE COULD DO WAS PICK UP THE PIECES. RESPONDING MATTERS BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH. THE PROPOSAL OFFERS YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PROACTIVE, TO MOVE FORWARD, TO TAKE ACTION, TO PREVENT TRAGEDY RATHER THAN JUST RESPOND TO IT. AS YOU DELIBERATE, I WOULD ASK YOU TO MOVE PAST TWO CONVENTIONAL BUT I THINK MISCONCEIVED OBJECTIONS. FIRST, I'VE HEARD IT SAY THAT ANY GUN SAFETY ORDINANCE IS PROPOSED SHOULD BE BOTH COMPREHENSIVE AND PROVEN ALREADY TO BE EFFECTIVE BEFORE THEY ARE ADOPTED. THE COMMON SENSE SUGGESTS THAT ANY AND EVERY MEASURE WE CAN TAKE TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE IS A VITAL STEP FORWARD. AND WE WILL NOT KNOW WHAT IS MOST EFFECTIVE UNTIL WE TRY. SECOND, PEOPLE ARGUE BECAUSE STATE LEGISLATION TAKES PRECEDENCE, TAKING SAID ACTION IS A HOLLOW GESTURE. BUT I'M A HUGE BELIEVER THAT NOTHING DONE IN HOPE AND LOVE IS -- THEREFORE NEVER HOLLOW BUT CAN INDEED LIGHT THE WAY FORWARD FOR MORE COMPLETE SAL U TAIRY AND STATEWIDE ACTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND FOR ALL YOUR WORK.

THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE SPEAKER 10, LIBBY HOLDEN.

HI. MY NAME'S LIBBY HOLDEN. I LIVE I WARD 13, PROUDLY. AND MY FAMILY HAS BEEN MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS SINCE 1860. YOU COULD NOT HAVTOLD MY ANCESTORS LIVING IN LONGFELLOW OR TANGLETOWN OR FULTON OR WHITTIER THAT I, ON AUGUST 27TH, AFTER I DROPPED MY KID AT SCHOOL, WOULD RACE HOME SO THAT I COULD HELP PLAN A NEIGHBORHOOD VIGIL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AT LYNNHURST THAT SAME NIGHT. I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE BROAD IMPACT THAT GUN VIOLENCE HAS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 58% OF ALL AMERICANS HAVE LOST SOMEONE TO GUN VIOLENCE OR BEEN A VICTIM THEMSELVES. BUT THAT REVERBERATES SO MUCH OUTWARD. WE DESERVE TO BE SAFE FROM VIOLENCE. WE DESERVE TO NOT HAVE THE FIELD LIKE MY 8-YEAR OLD, MY SEVEN-YEAR OLD SAID. MOM, I HEARD ONE OF THE KIDS THAT DIED WAS 8. I WANT TO LIVE PAST 8. IN PASSING TH, YOU CAN SEND A MESSAGE TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT. THE RULES THAT APPLY TO BAXTER, MINNESOTA, SHOULD NOT NECESSARILY APPLY HERE IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. AND YOU CAN GIVE OUR KIDS HOPE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I HAVE THREE MORE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP. SO IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE SIGN IN WITH THE CLERKS. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO SPEAKER NUMBER 11. SORRY, I'M HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE HANDWRITING. I HAVE MARKELL IGLESIAS. YES, COME ON UP. WELCOME.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MARKEL IGLESIAS. WH I WAS 18, ON JANUARY 2021, JANUARY 30TH, I ATTENDED A BIRTHDAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IN DINKYTOWN. I WAS SHOT FOUR TIMES BY A RANDOM GUNMAN WHO FIRED. ONE TO MY UPPER RIB CAGE, TWI TO MY ARM AND ONE TO MY PELVIC REGION. I LOST MY SPLEEN, PART OF MY PAN PANCREAS. I SPENT WEEKS IN A COMA. WAKING FROM THAT, SORRY, I SPENT FOUR MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL. FOLLOWED UP BY MORE VISITS BACK AND FORTH TO THE HOSPITAL. I HAVE MOMENTS OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THE FEAR OF BEING SHOT THAT CAN HAPPEN ON A DAILY BASIS. FEAR OF A SHOOTING HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SOMETIMES IT GETS SO BAD THAT IT'S HARD TO STEP OUT OF MY CAR OR LEAVE MY HOME. MY HOPE TODAY IS THAT THIS ORDINANCE CAN BE PUT IN PLACE TO PREVENT WHAT HAPPENED TO ME FROM HAPPENING TO CHILDREN IN THE FUTURE. I OWN MY OWN CAR DETAILING BUSINESS. IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY. AND I'VE COME TO MEET A LOT OF AMAZING PEOPLE TO HELP ME THROUGH THIS JOURNEY. I ONLY ADD TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE, MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDR, WHO DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY. GOING THROUGH THESE EXPERIENCES, IT'S GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS HONESTLY AND OPENING. I THINK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE WENT THROUGH AT AGE 18 AND THEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT THOSE KIDS WENT THROUGH AT ANNUNCIATION AT THE AGES OF 8 AND 10 AND EVEN

YOUNGER, AND IT BREAKS MY HEART. NO ONE SHOULD SUFFER THAT PAIN. NO ONE. WE NEED TO CHANGE SO THAT AN INDIVIDUAL CANNOT WALK INTO A CROWD AND IN -- PREVENTIONS LIKE THE ORDINANCE THAT PUTS A BAN ON EXTENDED CLIPS, GHOST GUNS, BINARY TRIGGERS AND ASSAULT RIFLES. IT'S A START IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. EVEN IF IT'S A BABY STEP, WE NEED TO TAKE IT TO BRING HOPE BACK IN THE CITY THAT WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE. I HOPE THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY MAKES THE LOGICAL DECISION. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT, I HAVE SPEAKER 12, MICHAEL. WELCOME.

THANK YOU. I'M A VETERAN TOO AND I DON'T PARTICULARLY SUPPORT YOUR WORK. I HATE BAD GUYS. I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY HERE IS AWARE THAT FOUR PEOPLE HERE ON THIS COUNCIL FLY UNDER THE FLAG OF MOVING TOWARDS A FUTURE WITHOUT POLICE, PRISONS OR COURTS. IT'S JUST AMAZING TO ME. AND YOU GOT ANOTHER COUNCILMAN WHOSE FIRST QUESTION TO THE COP YESTERDAY WHEN THERE'S 30 PEOPLE WHO BROKE INTO VEHICLES POSSIBLY STEALING WEAPONS IS HOW CAN WE HELP THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE STEALING? THAT ARE BREAKING INTO CARS? NO MENTION OF THE VICTIMS. WE DON'T CARE ABOUT VICTIMS IN THIS CITY. I MEAN, IS SOMEBODY GOING TO READ THIS TO THE CRIMINALS SO THAT THEY CAN SHOOT ME WITH AN INCOMPLIANCE WEAPON? THIS IS RIDICULOUS. AND THEN SO IF MY CAR GETS BROKEN INTO AND MY WEAPON IS STOLEN, WILL I GET IN MORE TROUBLE THAN THE GUY STEALING THE WEAPON OUT OF MY CAR BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMS TO BE. BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE VIOLENT APARTMENT INVASIONS WHERE THEY HAVE DANCE PARTIES ON THE ROOF. WE GOT SHOOTINGS DOWN AT THE LAKE. DOES ANYBODY GET PUNISHED AROUND HERE? WE GOT A FEW COUNCILMAN THAT HAVE SOME FIGHT IN THEM. THAT KIND OF STAND WITH THE POLICE, THAT I KIND OF LIKE. BUT NOT MANY. YOU GOT A SHRINKING POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE EXPENSIVE THAN A SHRINKING POLICE DEPARTMENT. YES. CITIES ARE HAVING TROUBLE RECRUITING. GEE, I WONDER WHY. I WOULDN'T WANT TO WORK FOR YOU PEOPLE. IT'S JUST AMAZING. IT'S JUST AMAZING WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS CITY. IT'S AMAZING WHAT IS SET UP HERE. THIS IS GOING TO --

YEAH, THIS IS A BABY STEP TO WHAT? NOTHING. THIS ISN'T GUN VIOLENCE. IT'S PEOPLE VIOLENCE. AND YOU GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT PEOPLE. PRISON IS A GOOD START. ALL RIGHT. SPEAKER NUMBER 13, MAGGIE EMORY.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHOWDHURY, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME ISAGGIE EMORY AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PROTECT MINNESOTA. AND I'M PROUD TO BE HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS ORDINANCE. AND GRATEFUL FOR THIS COCIL'S LEADERSHIP AND ADVANCING IT SPEAKING AS A VICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE. FIREARMS ARE INHERENTLY DANGEROUS. AND CITIES HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY AND SHOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SET REASONABLE EVIDENCE-BASED BOUNDARIES ON WHERE THEY ARE CARRIED TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY. THE URGENCY IS UNDENIABLE. IN 2025, ALMOST 600 MINNESOTANS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO GUN VIOLENCE. THE HARM DONE BY ASSAULT WEAPONS, HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINES, BINARY TRIGGERS AND GHOST GUNS HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE EVIDENCE. WE ALSO KNOW FROM RESEARCH THAT WHEN THESE TYPES OF GUNS ARE PREST, RISK ESCALATE. MASS SHOOTINGS INVOLVING HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINES AND ASSAULT WEAPONS HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLE FATALITIES. TOOLS FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T LEGALLY OWN A FIREARM. LAST YEAR 77% OF THE GUN DEATHS IN MINNESOTA WERE SUICIDES. SAFE STORAGE IS A PROVEN TOOL TO REDUCE ACCES TO LETHAL MEANS IN AN ACUTE MOMENT OF SUICIDAL CRISIS. IMPORTANTLY, IT REFLECTS WHAT LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE, ACT ACTING DIVISIVELY -- I ALSO WANT TO THANK THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE BRINGING THIS FORWARD SENDS A MESSAGE. THAT IN MINNEAPOLIS, PROTECTING LIVE IS A PRIORITY AND IT'S NOT UP FOR DEBATE. THANK YOU FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD. I KNOW THAT LIVES WILL BE SAVED BECAUSE OF IT.

THANK YOU. AFTER THIS, I HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER SIGNED UP. SO IF YOU ARE WISHING TO SPEAK, AND YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, PLEASE DO SIGN UP WITH THE CLERKS. SO OUR 14th SPEAKER IS LESLIE JACKSON.

HELLO, AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS. AND I SURPRISED THAT I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO THE AGENDA FOLLOWING THE MAYOR'S SPEECH. BUT 45 YEARS AGO, MY MOTHER WAS MURDERED WITH A SEMI .9MM. SORRY, NEW TEETH. 15 ROUNDS BECAUSE THE CARTRIDGE SIZE WAS PLUNGED INTO HER HEAD, STOMACH AND CHEST. EVEN THOUGH IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. MY STEPFATHER NOT ONLY KILLED AND MURDERED MY MOTHER IN FRONT OF MY YOUNGER SISTER, HE CAMEO CAMPUS WHERE I WAS ATTENDING AS A STUDENT FOR COMPUTER REPAIR, AND MAINTAINING FUNCTIONS OF COMPUTER. I WAS DISENROLLED BECAUSE OF IT.VEN THOUGH THIS ORDINANCE IS ABOUT RIFLES, HANDGUNS TOO A SEMI WEAPONS. AND PLEASE INCLUDE HANDGUNS IN THIS BILL AND NOT JUST FOCUS ON THE RIFLES. YOU CAN GET GUNS UP TO -- HANDGUNS UP TO 30 ROUNDS BESIDES THE CITY, YOU KNOW, THE SEMI RIFLES. SO I THANK YOU FOR THIS ORDINANCE, AND HOPEFULLY YOU INCLUDE HANDGUNS IN THIS. SO I STILL GRIEVE. MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL THE PEOPLE AND PARENTS AND CHILDREN WHO WITSS AND THEIR PARENTS GETTING KILLED BY GUN VIOLENCE. THEY TOOK THE STREET FIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF GUNS, AND HOPEFULLY THIS ORDINANCE WILL CURVE AND SAVE MORE LIVES. BUT PLEASE INCLUDE THESE HAND GUNS AS WELL BESIDES THE RIFLES. I THANK EVERYBODY HERE THAT'S ADVOCATING FOR HAVING A SAFER COMMUNITY. AND I THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK THAT WOULD WANT TO COME AND APPROACH THE DAIS OR THE MIC BEFORE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? JUST SAY IT ONE MORETIME. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? OKAY. SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS, I WILL NOW CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING. AND I WILL ASK MEMBERS TO GET INTO QUEUE FOR DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS. I JUST FIRST BEFORE WE GO RIGHT INTO DISCUSSION, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO SPOKE AND GAVE THEIR TESTIMONY. OUR ARMS ARE JUST WRAPPED AROUND YOU AS A CITY, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. I KNOW THAT IT'S DEEPLY RETRAUMATIZING TO GO THROUGH THOSE EXPERIENCES AGAIN. AND YOU'RE DOING IT SO WE CAN BETTER OUR COMMUNITIES AND PUSH FOR THIS CHANGE. SO I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT I REALLY FELT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, AND I KNOW A NUMBER OF US WEREP HERE RIGHT THERE WITH YOU. SO WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS IN QUEUE. I'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING.

THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. IT LOOKS LIKE I CLICKED THE WRONG BUTTON HERE. BUT IT SHOULD BE HAVE AMEND. YOU WILL SEE AN AMENDMENT MOVING FORWARD. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY SPOKE TO THOSE AMENDMENTS. I WILL QUICKLY SUMMARIZE THOSE FOR ALL OF US HERE. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO AMEND THIS ORDINANCE FIRST TO CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZINES FROM 20 ROUNDS TO 10 ROUNDS TO ALIGN WITH BEST PRACTICES WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE STATE. OUR ADVOCATES HAVE BEEN MOVING FORWARD WITH. SECOND, TO ADD A DEFINITION OF A LOCKING DEVICE. THIRD, TO ADD A DEFINITION HAVE UNATTENDED. AND FOURth TO ADD A SECTION RELATED TO SAFE STORAGE. FIFTSD AND FINALLY, LANGUAGE RELATED TO THE ENACTMT OF THIS ORDINANCE. WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK F A SECOND. AND IF THE CHAIR WOULD LET ME, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITS IMPORTANCE OF THIS AS WELL. SECOND.

ABSOLUTELY. SINCE IT HAS MULTIPLE AUTHORS, IT DOES NOT NEED A SECOND. IT'S GOOD TO GO. SO WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO THE AMENDMENT.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. AND FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SPOKE. TAKING THE TIME DURING OUR PUBLIC HEARING TODAY. YOUR WORDS AND EXPERIENCES ARE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR ACROSS THIS BODY, AND ACROSS THE CITYND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, AND ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. IN PARTICULAR, I WANT TO THANK THOSE WITH CONNECTIONS TO CRYSTAL RAY HIGH SCHOOL IN WARD 9, AND ANNUNCIATION SCHOOL IN MY WARD. I HAD TO APOLOGIZE RECENTLY TO KAISER. I USED TO SNEAK INTO THE GYM IN MY YOUTH. SO HE FORGAVE ME FOR THAT. THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THIS COMMUNITY HAVE JOINED A CLUB. A UNIQUELY AMERICAN CLU WITH THE PHENOMENON OF MASS SHOOTINGS IN SCHOOLS. YOUR BRAVERY, CHARACTER, AND ADVOCACY CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND LASTLY, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO'VE STOOD UNITED IN THIS COMMITMENT. PARTICULARLY, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, WHO HAS LED THIS EFFORT WITH FOCUS A DETERMINATION. HER LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF HOW TO ADVANCE A DELICATE ISSUE WITH STRATEGY, COMMUNITY INPUT, AND LEGAL EXPERTISE. THANK YOU TO MY OTHER CO-AUTHORS, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. AND I WANT TO TAKE A NOTE HE, PARTICULARLY. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE THANKING YOU TODAY. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO SIT UP HERE AND GIVE THANKS FOR COMING TO A PUBLIC HEARING IS DEEPLY DISTURBING. IT IS DISGUSTING, AND IT IS A DISEASE ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. GUN VIOLENCE AS WE'VE HEARD NOTED IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTRY. IT IS LIKE ANY OTHER CAUSES OF DEATH TO OUR CHILDREN. WE KNOW THE CAUSE. WE SEE THE CANCER, AND WE

KNOW THE CURE. AND I THINK WHAT WE FORGET SOMETIMES IS THIS JUST DOES NOT AFFECT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HARMED, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SHOT AND AROUND IT. THERE'S A RESIDUAL TRAUMA TO THIS PANDEMIC OF SORTS. NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025, I THINK WAS AN EXCITING DAY FOR A LOOF US HERE. IT WAS A DAY THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME BEING ELECTED, AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WERE REELECTED AS WELL. AND FOR ME, IT'S A DEEPLY, IT'S VERY EXCITING DAY. BUT IT WAS A DAY THAT COMES WITH A LOT OF WEIGHT TO IT. NOVEMBER 4TH, 2001, WAS THE DAY THAT MY FATHER WAS SHOT AND KILLED AND SHOT IN THE HEAD. SO FOR ME, IT IS A VERSION THAT WE SEE THAT THIS IS A RESIDUAL TRAUMA THAT AFFECTS EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY. AND THE FACT THAT, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO SIT UP HERE AND DO THIS WORK. AND I KNOW ALL 13 OF US WILL BE MOVING IT FORWARD. IS A VERSION THAT I AM SO PROUD AND SO THANKFUL THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I GET TO PUT ACROSS MY DESK TODAY. AND WITH THAT, RIGHT, WE KNOW THAT THIS WEIRD PART OF THIS CANCER IS THAT IT GROWS BUDS OF HOPE. IT GROWS BUDS OF JOY. AND I THANK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU AS I SEE HOPEND JOY ON ALL OF YOUR SHIRTS THAT THIS IS WHAT COMES FROM IT. CONTINUE TO SHOW UP. CONTINUE TO BRING THIS JOY BECAUSE IT MATTERS. AND IT MATTERS EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND SO WE KNOW THAT CURE, AND THAT'S REMOVING GUNS. THAT'S REMOVING GUNS FROM OUR STREET. IT IS PAST TIME FOR CITIES AND STATES ACROSS OUR STREETS TO HELP FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN THIS COUNTRY. AND WE CAN DO THIS. WEAPONS THAT HAVE NO PLACE IN

OUR STREETS OR IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE NEED TO MAKE THEM INACCESSIBLE. WE ARE HOPEFUL BY PASSING THIS TRIGGER BAN TODAY AND THIS BAN ACROSS THE BOARD THAT WE ARE JOINING SAINT PAUL, EDINA AND OTHER CITIES. WE ARE MAKING CLEAR IN A UNITED STATEMENT THAT THE TWIN CITIES WILL STAND UP FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FAMILIES, AND WE WILL DO ALL WE CAN TO REPRESENT AT THE STATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, THE AMENDMENT BEFORE US. I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ONE. I THINK I'LL JUST GET MYSELF OFF QUEUE BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE THE OTHER QUEUE FOR SPEAKING.

YES. SO MEMBERS, WE CAN GO BACK TO THE UNDERLYING QUEUE. WE HAVE THIS AMENDMENT BEFORE US. I'M JUST GOING TO DO A QUICK VOICE VOTE FOR THE AMENDMENT. THAT'S BEFORE US. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THA AMENDMENT CARRIES. AND THE ORDINANCE IS AMENDED AND BEFORE US. NEXT, WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN.

THANK YOU, CHAIR. I APPRECIATE THAT. MY HEARTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH ALL O THE FAMILIES OF ANNUNCIATION, AND OF CRYSTAL RAY. MY OWN CHILDREN WHO LOST THEIR FATHER TO GUN VIOLENCE, MY FIRST HUSBAND. SO I KNOW THIS PLACE. THIS HAS BEEN A TREACHEROUS EXPERIENCE THAT HAS COME ACROSS OUR CITY AND IN OUR HOMES. THE IMPACTS THAT IT'S HAD ON OUR FAMILIES. I AM THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE STANDING HERE WITH THE NUMBER OF BULLETS THAT RIDDLED THROUGH YOUR BODY. SO TT OF WORK. MY DEEPER QUESTIONS IN RESPECT TO THIS ORDINANCE IS WHY ISN'T THERE CODE BLOCKAGESN 3D PRINTERS THAT ARE PRINTING OUT HANDGUNS? AND WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN SOME FORM OF MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS THAT ARE GETTING A HOLD OF THESE HANDGUNS? THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS DONE. THE MURDER OF THOSE BABIES THAT JUST HAPPENED IN LOUISIANA. I THOUGHT THE MOST IMPACTFUL THING THAT THEY DID BEHIND THAT GUY WHO KILLED ALL OF HIS CHILDREN, AND THEN SHOT HIS CURRENT WIFE AND THE MOTHER OF HIS OTHER CHILDREN WAS THAT THEY WENT BACK AND CHARGED THE INDIVIDUAL OF WHERE HE GOT THE FIREARM FROM, WHO ISSUED IT TO HIM. AND I THINK THAT IF WHOMEVER IS LEAVING THESE FIREARMS UNATTENDED, WHETHER IT'S IN YOUR HOM OR I GOT IT RIGHT HERE, I DON'T NEED TO LOCK IT UP BECAUSE I WANT TO

BE ABLE TO GET TO IT QUICK, WHATEVER. IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU' IMMINENT DANGER, YOU PROBABLY NEED TO MOVE AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. GO OFF IN THE WOODS BY YOURSELF. YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? BUT THOSE PEOPLE NEED TO BE CHARGED WITH A FAR MORE STRENUOUS CRIME THAN WHAT THEY ARE BEING CHARGED WITH FOR LEAVING THESE FIREARMS UNATTENDED. IT PAINS ME TO WATCH THE NEWS ARTICLES AND SEE TWO AND THREE-YEAR OLD BABIES THAT DONE GRABBED PISTOLS FROM UNDERNEATH MATESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WHERE THEY'RE GETTING AND THEY'RE KILLING. THEY'RE LOSING THEIR LIFE. YOU KNOW. THIS IS DEEPLY, DEEPLY DISHEARTENING. THERE IS SO MUCH WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AROUND THIS. I APPLAUD THIS, AND MY COLLEAGUES, I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED FOR A CO-AUTHOR FOR THIS. AND I APPLAUD MY COLLEAGUES FOR THIS. BUT THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND CENTERED AROUND THIS. BECAUSE GUNS JUST DON'T STAND UP AND SHOOT PEOPLE BY THEMSELVES. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE BEHAVIORS THAT NEED TO ALSO HAVE STRENUOUS PUNISHMENTS AND PENALTIES AROUND IT WHETHER IT'S IN RESPECT TO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH OR PEOPLE WHO AREURCHASING THESE GUNS AND GIFTING THEM OFF TO PEOPLE. PEOPLE NOT LEAVING THEM SURED SO THAT THEY END UP IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S HANDS WHO SHOULDN'T HAVE THEM. THAT'S WHERE I'M AT WITH THAT. THE END.

COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU ON AS AN AUTHOR. AND I MEAN, IF ALL COUNCIL MBERS WANT TO BE AN AUTHOR ON THIS ONE, THAT IS A WELCOME ADDITION. I'M NOT SEEING ANY OBJECTIONS. SO LOOK AT THAT. 13 AUTHORS MEANS 13-O VOTE, I THINK. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

THANK YOU, CHAIR. YES, PLEASE, ADD ME A AN AUTHOR. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY. A NOTE OF THANKS TO THE ANNUNCIATION FAMILY WHO CAME HERE TODAY. I ATTENDED DE LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL. SOME OF THE BEST FRIENDS WERE TREMENDOUS SCHOLARS AND WAY BETTER ATHLETE THAT I WAS. AND KNOW AS COUNCIL MEMBER WHITINGSAID, YOU HAVE BEEN HEARD. I WILL VOTE FOR THIS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE ORIGINAL AUTHORS, CHOWDHURY, PALMISANO, WHITING, AND CHAVEZ. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A CO-AUTHOR. I DO HAVE THAT MEMORY SEARED IN ME THE NIGHT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW AND I DROVE DOWN THERE. I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT. WE CAN NEVER HAVE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. VERY HAPPY TO VOTE FOR THIS.RATEFUL FOR THE INITIAL AUTHORS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING DOWN AND LETTING US KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. NEXT, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, PERSONALLY, FOR YOUR WORK ON THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ORDINANCE, CHAIR. AND FOR THE FAMILIES, AND ADVOCATES WHO ARE NOT GIVING UP ON THE DESPERATE NEEDED CHANGE. AND FOR QUITE FRANKLY, LEADING THE STATE AND CHANGES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN SO DESPERATELY. AS WE TAKE THIS VOTE TODAY, I'M THINKING ABOUT THE KIDS AT ANNUNCIATION, AND THE ANNUNCIATION COMMUNITY WHO ARE LEADING WITH MORAL CLARITY. I HAVE BEEN VERY HEART WARMED TO HEAR THE STORIES THAT YOU ALL WERE SHARING TODAY, AND YOUR BRAVERY TO BE ABLE TO COME TO CITY HALL SAYING THAT YOU ALL NEED TO HEAR US. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE ADVOCACY YOU ALL HAVE DONE HAS LED TO A HISTORIC VOTE IN THE STATE SENATE. SOMETHING THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT YOUR VOICE IN THIS PROCESS. I ALSO THINK ABOUT THE MASS SHOOTINGS OF OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORHOODS WHO HAVE BEEN TARGETED. I THINK ABOUT THE COUNTLESS NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO GUN VIOLENCE IN SOUTH AND NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. I ALSO WANT TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE MASS SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED ON AUGUST 26, 2025, NEXT TO CRYSTAL RAY JESUIT. -- FIRED AT A GROUP OF PEOPLE. THE PERPETRATOR KILLED GREGORY SWEETTON, AND SIX OTHERS WERE INJURED. THIS WAS MY HIGH SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT I GRADUATED FROM WHERE 98% OF THE STUDENTS HERE IDENTIFY AS LATINO OR BLACK. IT IS HOME TO WORKING CLASS FAMILIES. STUDENTS AT ANNUNCIATION, STUDENTS AT CRYSTAL RAY, STUDENTS AT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND IN THIS COUNTRY SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO WONDER WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT BACK HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE OF THESE SENSELESS ACTS OF GUN VIOLENCE. WITH TODAY'S VOTE, I THINK WE'RE SENDING A MESSAGE TO THE MINNESOTA HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES TO PLEASE HEAR US. TO PLEASE HEAR THESE FAMILIES. TO PLEASE HEAR THE STATE SENATE. AND DO YOUR JOB IN PASSING SENSIBLE GUN REFORM. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK CHAIR CHOWDHURY FOR HER TENACITY AND DEDICATION BRINGING THIS ORDINANCE FORWARD AS WELL. IF YOU DON'T KNOW, ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2025, CHAIR CHOWDHURY GAVE NOTICE OF BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND SINCE THEN HAS WORKED REALLY HARD TO BRING THIS FORWARD. EARLIER THIS YEAR, SHE REINTRODUCED THIS ORDINANCE AGAIN BECAUSE WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THE FAMILIES THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED AND DEMANDING US TO TAKE ACTION AND CHANGE. SO I WANTED TO THANK HER. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO FOR ALSO WORKING ON THIS AS WELL.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. NEXT, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO EVERYONE WHO CAME AND TESTIFIED. SO POWERFUL TO HEAR YOUR VOICE AND TO HEAR ABOUT HOW THE SHOOTING AT ANNUNCIATION HAS AFFECTED YOU ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. SOMETIMES WE CAN LOSE THE PERSONAL ASPECT OF THINGS UP ON THIS DAIS. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND SHARING THAT. I WON'T GO TOO DEEP INTO IT, BUT WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, THERE WAS A SHOOT AT MY COLLEGE. AND MY ROOMMATE'S FRIEND WAS KILLED. GRADUATION THAT YEAR, ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT YEAR. IT WAS JUNE 5TH. SO JUNE 5TH IS THE DAY THAT'S SEARED IN MY MEMORY. SO I EMPATHIZE AND GRIEVE WITH YOU. THE DAY WILL ALWAYS PASS AND IT WILL ALWAYS BE THIS TERRIBLE DAY. YEAH, JUST THIS WEEKEND THERE WAS A SHOOTING AT MLK PARK, AND THERE WERE FOUR TEENAGERS WHO WERE SHOT. TEENAGERS SHOOTING EACH OTHER. THIS IS INSANITY. IT'S AN AMERICAN INSANITY THAT WE'RE ALL LIVING THROUGH. I'M ONE OF THE YOUNGER FOLKS ON THIS DAIS GREW UP DOING -- I FORGET WHAT THEY'RE CALLED NOW. BUT IT'S WHERE ALL THE KIDS HIDE IN THE CLASSROOM. I GREW UP DOING THAT. NOW ON THIS DAIS, DISCUSSING THIS ORDINANCE. SO UNADDRESSED. YEAH. THERE'S BEEN MANY RECENT SHOOTINGS. THANKFULLY, NO ONE HURT OR KILLED IN MY WARD IN THE RECENT PAST. AS WE LIVE THROUGH THIS NIGHTMARE IN AMERICA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY TO BRING AN END, TO BRING CLOSURE, TO BRING SAFETY TO PEOPLE IN OUR CITY AND HOPEFULLY ACROSS THE STATE. AND THEN SOME DAY, SOME DAY, ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND DOING THIS HARD WORK. AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE A CO-AUTHOR.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE FAMILIES AND THE ADVOCATES FOR COMING HERE ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMUNITY. YOU ALL SAID THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY GUN VIOLENCE. I HAVE TOO. WHEN I WAS 15-YEARS OLD, I WAS SITTING ON A BED WITH MY YOUNGER COUSIN AND SHE WAS SHOT. AND I LOOKED UP AND HER EYE WAS ROLLING ON THE FLOOR. HER EYE GOT BLOWN OUT OF HER HEAD. SHE SURVIVED. THAT WAS ABOUT 35 YEARS AGO. AND I WISH I GREW UP KNOWING I COULD BE AS STRONG AS YOU ARE ALL HERE TODAY. KNOWING THERE'S A PLACE FOR YOU TO GO ADVOCATE FOR SAFETY AND TO PUSH PEOPLE TO DO BETTER BECAUSE KIDS SHOULD NEVER -- SHE WAS NINE-YEARS OLD. KIDS SHOULD NEVER BE SUBJECTED TO GUN VIOLENCE. SHE LOST HER EYE THAT DAY. BUT I CERTAINLY THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD. AND THAT SHE DIED IN FRONT OF MY FACE. AND THERE WAS TWO OTHER KIDS IN THE ROOM, TOO. WHEN THE PARENT GOT UP EARLIER AND TALKED AUT SOUNDS AND SMELLS AND ALL THE THINGS YOU FEEL AND HEAR, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS 35 YEARS AGO FOR ME. BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAPPENED THAT FEELS LIKE THAT MOMENT FOR ME. AND IT NEVER GOES AWAY. I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH THERAPY YOU GET. I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH TIME YOU SPEND WORKING ON IT TO GO AWAY. IT NEVER GOES AWAY FOR SOME PEOPLE. AND SOMETIMES I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN, AND SOMETIMES HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FAMILY MEMBERS. I WAS THE OLDEST PERSON IN MY HOUSE AT THAT TIME AT 15. AND I HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MY YOUNGER COUSINS. IT'S INTERESTING WHAT COMES BACK TO US AFTER ALL THESE

YEARS. WHAT WE REMEMBER. WHAT WE PURPOSELY FORGOT. AND IT MATTE THAT PEOPLE TELL OUR STORIES AND LISTEN TO US. AND TALK ABOUT HOW AWFUL THIS IS, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS. THERE'S NO TURNING BACK FROM GUN VIOLENCE. AND THERE'S NO REASON WHY IT SHOULD BE HAPPENING, ESPECIALLYO OUR BABIES. SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL JUSTDVOCATING ON BEHALF OF YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR FAMILIES IN THIS COMMUNITY. BECAUSE WE ED IT. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ALL TOUCHED BY IT, WE NEED THESE STRONG REMINDERS THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO WORK ON THESE THINGS EVERY SINGLE DAY. I ALWAYS WISH I COULD HAVE DONE MORE. AND YOU ALL SHOWING UP HERE TODAY AND SHOWING UP, I'VE BEEN TRACKING YOU ALL AT THE HEARINGS, AT THE CAPITAL. MOMS DEMAND ACTION HAVE BEEN AROUND FOREVER DOING THIS GREAT WORK. AND NOW THE ANNUNCIATION FAMILY, YOU ALL ARE OUT AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF YOUR COMMUNITY. AND IT MATTERS. IT MATTERS TO US ON THE NORTHSIDE. WE'VE LOST SOMEEAUTIFUL YOUNG CHILDREN ON THE NORTHSIDE TO GUN VIOLENCE. ANAYA, TRINITY. LADEBIAN SURVIVED BUT HE WAS GREATLY IMPACTED. THREE CHILDREN SHOT IN ONE SUMMER IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. AND ALL I CAN DO AS A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THO FAMILIES IS A STREET RENAMING. THAT'S NOTHING. THAT'S NOTHING. THAT'S WHAT I OFFER FOR A LITTLE BIT OF JOY TO THOSE FAMILIES IF THEY ASK ME. THAT'S NOTHING. A BABY ON THE TRAMPOLINE KILLED HAVING FUN. I WAS SITTING ON A BED CONNECTING A COMPUTER FOR MY LITTLE COUSIN, AND OUR LIVES CH

FOREVER. THE SOUND. THE SMELL. THE SIRENS. THE SCREAMS. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL SO, SO VERY MUCH. YOU KEEP AT IT UNTIL THERE'S NONE OF THESE WEAPONS ON OUR STREETS. I CAN FEEL THE FIGHT IN YOU. I SEE IT. ALL OF YOU. THEY HAVE MESSE WITH THE WRONG GROUP OF PEOPLE. I CAN SEE IT. AND I'M HERE FOR . YOU LET ME KNOW HOWEVER I CAN HELP. I WANT TO. MY FAMILY WANTS TO. THE NORTHSIDE IS WITH YOU. WE WANT TO HELP. WE KNOW. WE'VE BEEN CRYING OUT FOR YEARS ABOUT HOW BAD THIS IS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE SO GLAD THAT WE'RE ALL UNITED ON THIS, AND WE WANT IT TO BE BETTER. SO PLEASE, YOU CALL KEEP AT IT. STAY STRONG. REST. DRINK LOTS OF WATER. PROTECT OUR BABIES. PROTECT R FAMILIES. YOU ALL ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE FOR DOING THIS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. NEXT, I'LL RECNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

I THINK MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS HERE. SO I DON'T WANT TO DILUTE THAT. I DO WANT TO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, FOR CHAMPIONING THIS FROM THE BEGINNING AS IGR CHAIR. IN THIS JOB, WE'VE GROWN CLOSE TO MANY FAMILIES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED GUN VIOLENCE. IN OUR CITY. SOME HAVE ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED HERE. I THINK THAT THESE ANNUNCIATION FAMILIES HAVE SHOWN STRENGTH BEYOND THEMSELVES. STRENGTH BEYOND THEIR OWN. AND HAVE REALLY EMBRACED THE PERSPECTIVE OF EVERYBODY THAT EXPERIENCES GUN VIOLENCE IN ALL THE WAYS THAT IT IMPACTS THEIR TY AND BEYOND. YOU'VE MADE TIME TO BE HERE. AND THERE ARE HUREDS OF FAMILIES DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS SHOOTING. THOSE THAT HAVEHILDREN THAT ATTEND ANNUNCIATION, THOSE WHO WORSHIP ATANNUNCIATION. THOSE WHO HAVE NEIGHBORS ON THEIR BLOCKS WHO LEARN AND WORSHIP AT ANNUNCIATION. YOUR WORK GIVES US HOPE AND IT HELPS TO REALLY UNITE EVERYONEN YOUR PATH. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THE SAME AT CRYSTAL R HIGH SCHOOL. I KNOW LESS OF THEM IN MY COMMUNITY, BUT THEY ARE THERE. THE VISCERAL STORIES OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY GUNS IS VERY HEAVY. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR ABILITY AND STRENGTH TO SHARE THOSE STORIES. AND FOR BEING HERE TOGETHER. AND WE ARE ALL FROM THE SOUTHSIDE TO THE NORTHSIDE SPEAKING WITH ONE VOICE, AND THAT'S A STRONG VOICE. I ALSO REPRESENT FIRST RESPONDERS WHO SHOW UP AND DO THEIR JOBS AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AND ARE DEEPLY TRAUMATID AND SUFFER THE IMPACTS OF GUN VIOLENCE THEMSELVES. AND WE AS A BODY GET TO REPRESENT THE ENTIRE COLLECTIVE OF MINNEAPOLIS WHO

ARE STANDING IN THE FACE OF THIS SAYING NO MORE, NOT HERE. TO TRY AND S SOMETHING TECHNICAL ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE, I REALLY LIKE HOW IT'S BEEN LAID OUT WITH A LOT OF WORK, WITH EIGHT SECTIONS. THANK YOU, ATTORNEY SHUT. BECAU IT ALLOWS US TO BE READY TO GO. AND WE CAN PULL JUST THOSE EXACT PROVISIONS THAT WE CAN ENACT PER THE STATE. WHETHER IT'S BANNING AAULT WEAPONS, REQUIRING SAFE STORAGE, OR REDUCING THE SIZE OF A LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZINE. I THINK IMRTANTLY, THIS ORDINANCE SENDS THE MESSAGE THAT WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT SENSIE GUN CONTROL IN MINNEAPOLIS, AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THE STATE COULD POTENTIALLY ALREADY ALSO PASS THIS. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. NEXT, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

WHERE WE SIT TODAY IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. AND FOR ALL OF YOU TO SHOW UP AND STAND UP AND SHARE YOUR PAIN, SHARE YOUR HEARTACHE WITH US, AND WITH THE BROADER COMMUNITY, MEANS WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM. THAT WE CAN NO LONGER CONTINUE TO ACCEPT WHAT HAS BECOME A NORM IN OUR CULTURE. SO THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP, MOMS IN ACTION, FOR BEING HERE TODAY. AND FOR EVERY SINGLEERSONAL STORY THAT WAS SHARED. BECAUSE WHEN WE HEAR YOUR STORY, WE LEARN. WHEN WE HEAR YOUR STOR WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NEED FOR ACTION RIGHT NOW IN THIS PLACE AND IN THITIME. AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT. THANK YOU TO THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MY COLLEAGUES TO BE ABLE TO STAND WITH ALL OF YOU IN THIS TIME, HEARING YOUR STORIES, HEARING YOUR WORK THAT YOU HAVE SPENT ON THIS, I AM PROUD TODAY TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT. AND PLEASE KNOW THAT I WILL ALSO NEVER FORGET THAT EVENING IN LYNNHURST PARK STANDING WITH THE CROWD HOLDINGY CANDLE LOOKING UP AND SEEING TWO CROSSES ABOVE THE CROWD. ONE FOR FLETCHER AND ONE FOR HARPER. AND THAT WILL BE A MOMENT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER. AND PLEASE KNOW I CONTINUE TO PR FOR THE FAMILIES AT ANNUNCIATION AND FOR EVERYONE WHO IS STILL IMPACTED AND WILL FOREVER BE IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE IN THEIR LIVES. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY WITH US. AND I MEANS A LOT TO ME. THANKS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. AND I JUST HAVE MYSELF LAST IN QUEUE. TO JUST GIVE A COUPLE FINAL THANK YOUs. THANK YOU, AGAIN, TO EVERYONE WHO TESTIFIED TO THE ANNUNCIATION FAMILIES, TO THE COMMUNITY, AND CRYSTAL RAY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL. TO MOMS DEMAND ACTION, TO PROTECT MINNESOTA, ANDTHEN, MARKEL, THANK YOU FOR BEING UP HERE AND SHARING YOUR STORY. I KW THAT WASN'T EASY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES. ONE, FOR YOUR SUPPORT. BUT TWO, SITTING ON THIS BODY AND EXPERIENCING WHAT IT'S BEEN LIKE TO SIT ON THIS BODY FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND THIS LAST YEAR A THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE ENDURED AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF TRAUMA YOURSELVES BEING ON THE FRONTLINES AND I KNOW THAT COLORS THE WAY THAT YOU SHOW UP EVERY DAY. AND IT COLORS THE W IN WHICH YOU ARE ARDENT IN FIGHTING FOR THIS COMMUNITY, AND ITS SAFETY AND YOU FEEL PROTECTIVE OVER IT JUST LIKE ME. AND WE MIGHT SPEND A LOT OF TIME DEBATING AND DISAGREEING ON SOME WEEKS. B IT FEELS GOOD ON THIS ONE THAT WE'REERY CLEAR EYED AND TOGETHER ON THIS. BECAUSE WE DO JUST HAVE A VERY SHARED UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK CITY ATTORNEY AMY SHUT AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THEIRORK WITH ME. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. I ALSO WANT TO THANK TWO COLLEAGUES, FORMER COLLEAGUES THAT ARE NOT HERE TODAY, BUT WERE THERE THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING AT NUNCIATION THAT JOINED ME, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, AND COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE ON SCENE. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER EMILY KOSKI, AND COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. THEY'RE ALSO JUST AS MUCH A PART OF THIS WORK. EVEN

IF THEY'RE NOT TAKING T VOTE ON THIS TODAY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR STATE LEGISLATORS, SETOR MOHAMMED FOR LEADING THE WAY AT THE STATE SENATE AND FIGHTI SO, SO, HARD FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. REPRESENTATIVE EMMA GREENMAN WHO AUTHOR IN THE HOUSE. AND OUR ENTIRE MINNEAPOLI DELEGATION AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT'S VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR IT. AND I WANT TO THANK OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, FIRE, AND EMT, BECAUSE THEY HAVP AND CARING FOR INDIVIDLS IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE. AND THEY WANT TO PREVENT IT JUST AS MUCH AS WE DO. AND THE LAST THING THAT I'LL SAY AS NEWLY MINTED 29-YEAR OLD ON THIS DAIS, MY SISTER WOULD CALL ME GERIATRIC GEN-Z. MY ENTIRE LIFE, LIKE MANY OF THE OTHER FOLKS ON THIS DAIS HASEEN COLORED BY SCHOOL SHOOTING DRILLS. AND A WORLD THAT FEELS LIKE IT'S GETTING EVER THE MORE VIOLENT. I'LL NEVER FORGET DECEMBER 31ST, 2021. I WAS JUST -- I WAS IN MY EARLY-ISH 20s JUST SHOPPING FOR A NEW YEAR'S EVE DRESS AT THE MALL OF AMERA. YOU KNOW. GETTING READY TO GO TO A PARTY WITH MY FRIENDS. AND I HEARD GUN SHOTS RING OUT. AND I WATCHED THE MALL GO INTO LOCKDOWN. AND I WAS LIKE, THIS IS MY RITE OF PASSAGE AS A YOUNG PERSON IN AMERICA. AND IT WILL NEVER BE EASY TO GO OVER THERE. I DON'T GO TO THAT STORE ANYMORE. I JUST CAN'T GO TO THAT STORE ANYMORE. AND IT WAS ONE O THE HARDEST

THINGS TO CALL ME MOM AND TELL HER, HEY, CAN YOU S DOWN FOR A SECOND SO I CAN TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON. AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE A PARENT AND TO KNOW THAT YOUR KIDS ARE IN A SPACE WHERE YOU GOT THAT PHONE CALL. BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS REALLY TOUGH FOR HER. AND SO THIS IS THE WORK. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. THE MAYOR HAS GIVEN HIS FULL THROATED SUPPORT, WHICH IS GREAT. AND I THINK I REMEMBER HIM SAYING WE'RE A CITY UNITED IN GRIEF. AND I WANT TO JUST SAY WE'RE A CITY UNITED I RESILIENCE AND ACTION. AND WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT LIKE HELL. AND WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS MOMENT AND PUSH THAT HOUSE AS FAR AS WE CAN GET IT. YOU HAVE OUR WORD. AND IF WE DON'T GET IT, WE'LL KEEP ON FIGHTING FOR IT. ALL SUMMER LONG, ALL THE WAY UNTIL NEXT SESSN AS LONG AS WE NEED TO DO IT. AND YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IN THAT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL MOVE FOR APPROVAL. I DON'T THINK WE NEED A SECOND. EXCELLENT. SECOND. 13th. JUST FOR EMPHASIS, LET'S CALL THE ROLL ON THIS ONE. COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. AYE. WONSLEY. AYE. RAINVILLE. AYE. VETAW. AYE. WARREN. AYE. OSMAN. AYE. SHFER. AYE. STEVENSON. AYE. CHAVEZ. AYE. WHITING. AYE. PALMISANO. AYE. VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. AYE. AND CHAIR CHOWDHURY. AYE. THERE ARE 13 AYES.

THAMOTION CARRIES. [APPLAUSE]

MEMBERS, I KNOW I NEED IT, SO I'M ASSING OTHERS WILL NEED IT TOO. LET'S CALL A SHORT RECESS AND COME BACK IN 10 MINUTES. SO FOR YOU, THAT'S 3:22. LET'S COME BACK IN 10 MINUTES. [ THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IS IN RECESS ]

[ THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IS IN RECESS ]

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THE TIME IS NOW 3:24. I WILL ASK E CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. PRESENT. WONSLEY IS ABSENT. RAINVILLE. PRESENT. VETAW. PRESENT. WARREN. PRESENT. OSMAN IS ABSENT. SHAFFER. PRESENT. STEVENSON. PRESENT. CHAVEZ. PRESENT. WHITING IS ABSENT. PALMISANO VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI IS ABSENT. CHAIR CHOWDHURY. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. PRESENT. THERE ARE 10 MEMBERS PRESENT.

LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. OKAY. MEMBERS, NOW WE WILL BE TAKING UP OUR RECEIVE AND FILE ITEMS. FIRST, WE'LL BE RECEIVING AND FILING A RESPONSE TO LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE REGARDING INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL. I'LL INVITE UP THE TEAM FOR THAT PRESENTATION. WELCOME.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHOWDHURY AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DWIGHT MILLER FROM THE RESEARCH AND OVERSIGHT TEAM. AND I'M HERE TO DISCUSS MY RESEARCH ONNDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL FOR CITY COUNCIL. FIRST, I WANT TO GROUND US IN THE STAFF DIRECTION THAT KIND OF BROUGHT FORTH THIS RESEARCH. BEFORE WE GET INTO KIND OF LIKE ALL THE WORDS, I WANTED TO JUST ALIGN OURSEES IN DEFINITIONS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL IN THIS CONTEXT, WHAT WE MEAN IS INDEPENDENT ATTORNEYS THAT ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH ATTORNEY SEAT, WCH IN MUNICIPALITY CONTEXT IS USUALLY THE CITY ATTORNEY. IN THE STATE CONTEXT, IT'SSUALLY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. THESE HELP LED DRAFT LEGISLATION, WORK TO ENSURE THAT THE COUNCIL'S ACTIONS APPLY WITH APPLICABLE LAW, PROVIDES ADVICE AND LEGAL RISK. THIS BRIEF PROVIDES A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL FOR INDEPENDENT BRANCH AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS. I ALSO EMPHASIZE THE WORK OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. I'LL START OFF WITH THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW AND GET INTO THE SPECIFIC LOCAL EXAMPLES. RESEARCH ARE INTENDED TO POLICY MAKING. OVERSIGHT, AND INFORM DECISION MAKING BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT TO NOR SHOULD BE RELIED ON LEGAL ADVICE OR SUBSTITUTE FOR OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY IN MINNEAPOLIS. ALL RIGHT. BEFORE WE GET STARTED INTO SORT OF THE HIGH LEVEL ANALYSIS, I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GROUND OURSELVES IN OUR CAL CONTEXT. MINNEAPOLIS HAS PARTICULAR CONSTRAINTS REGARDING INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNCIL. ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S CHARTER, THE CITY ATTORNEY IS THE SOLE

AUTHORITY AND ATTORNE FOR THE CITY AS A SINGLE LEGAL ENTITY. ESTABLISHMENT OFN INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNCIL REQUIRE A CHARTER AMENDMENT, REQUIRING POLITICAL WILL. I EMPHASIZE THIS AS WE'RE GOING TO LEARNING ABOUT INDEPENDENT NDSCAPE LOCALLY. THAT WOULD WILL A HURDLE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE CLEAR BEFORE WE START TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER SPECIFIC LEARNINGS FROM IT. ALL RIGHT. HIGH LEVEL LOCAL LANDSCAPE. SO WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT PEER CITIES, WHICH IS KIND OF THEEY PART OF THE STAFF DIRECTION, I LOOKED AT 70 CITIES THAT HAD GREATER TN 300,000 RESIDENTS, ACCORDING TO THE 2020 CENSUS. IN THIS BRIEF, I REVIEWED 70 CITIES. 39 HAD MAYOR-COUNCIL MODELS WHICH WAS THE STAFF DIRECTION TO HAVE CITIES THAT HAD STRONG MAYOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MODELS. 39 HAD THAT. 27 WERE APPROVED BY THE MAYOR. THERE WERE TWO OUTLIERS. ONE KIND OF PHRASED IT AS HIRED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE WAS THAT HIRED BY A COMMISSION. A SEPARATE COMMISSION. I WANT TO POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FAR RIGHT OF THE SLIDE. OF THE 39 CITY THAT HAD COUNCIL-MAYOR MODELS, I WAS ABLE TO FIND EVIDENCE OF INDEPENDENT LAL COUNCIL, THAT IS NEW YORK CITY, NEW ORLEANS, PHILADELPHIA, JACKSONVILLE, SEATTLE, AND WASHINGTON, D.C. I WILL COVER NEW ORLEANS, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. THAT IS AROUP OF CITIES. THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY OF INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL. FOR INSTANCE, JACKSONVILLE,

THEIR GENERAL COUNSEL, THAT'S THE COUNSEL TO THEIR CITY COUNCIL WHICH IS CALLED THE COUNTY SECRETARY WHICH IS EQUIVALENT OF THE CITY CLERK. THEY HAVE FIVE HOURS OF TIME PER WEEK TO PROVIDE ADVICEND LOOK AT LEGISLATION. WE'LL TALK ABOUT JACKSONVILLE LATER. WE ALSO HAVE D.C., WHICH HAS A LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL FOR LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT ALSO HAS THEIR OWN REPRESENTATION IN THE ATTORNEY. THE MAYOR HAS THE COUNSEL. AND THEN THEY HAVE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. D.C. IS AN OUTLIER BECAUSE D.C. IS NOT A CITY, IT'S A DISTRICT. SO THAT'S WHY IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT LIKE THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT, IT'S BAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR DIFFERENT PECULIARITIES AND RUN BY CONGRE I'M GOING TO DO A VERY HIGH QUICK OVERVW SO WE CAN HAVE MORE TIME FOR THE LOCAL EXAMPLES. AT THE FEDAL LEVEL, THERE'S CONGRESS WITH THE U.S. SENATE AND U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. BOTH CHAMBERS HAVE THEIR OWN COUNSEL SEPARATE FROM THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. IT SHOULD ALSO BEOTED THAT THESE AREN'T EXPLICITLY IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. HOWEVER, THEY ARE ESTABLISHED BY STATUTE. STATE LEVEL ANALYSIS. LOOKING AT KIND OF ALL 50 STATES. 45 OF THEM I WAS ABLE TO FIND VERY CLEAR AND EXPLICIT EVIDENCE OF HAVING SOME TYPE OF NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE AND PROVIDING LEGAL COUNSEL. THESE ENTITIES DON'T PROVIDE LITIGATION. BUT THEY ARE THERE IN ORDER TO SUPPO THE LEGISLATIVE MAKING. THIS MAP HIGHLIGHTS IN YELLOW THOSE STATES THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND EVIDENCE OF A PARTICULAR

LAW DEPARTMENT THAT WAS SEPARATE FROM IT. BASED ON JUST KIND OF RESEARCH I WAS ABLE TO DO ONLINE. ALL RIGHT. NOW, MUNICIPAL HIGHLIGHTS. WE HAVE OUR SIX. WE WERE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THREE OF THEM. THAT'S THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY AN INTERESTING GOVERNANCE BECAUSE JACKSONVILLE/DUVAL COUNTY, AND SEATTLE. I ADDED SEATTLE BECAUSE I LIKE HAVING THREE AS A RULE OF THREE. THAT'S HOW I LIKE BEING ABLE TO SEE AS A SAMPLE. EVEN THOUGH I WOULD SAY SEATTLE IS AN OUTLIER IN ALL OF THIS BECAUSE THEY ELECT THEIR S. BETWEEN THE MAYOR-LED LAW DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL. THEIR COUNCIL OFFICE IS SMALL WITH THREE STAFF. WHICH IS THE DIRECTOR, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AND ALSO LEGISLATIVE LAW RESEARCHER. LEGAL RESEARCHER. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT IN TALKING TO NEW ORLEANS, THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS KIND OF THE LONGEST OF THE SAMPLE SIZE IN 2019. THEY'VE NOTICED THAT THERE'S SOME LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF HAVING A SEPARATE LEGAL COUNSEL. PARTICULARLY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL GENERALLY DEFAULTS TO THE EXECUTIVE AS A PLACE WHERE THEY DRAFT THEM. SO THE LAW DEPARTMENT NEVER ACTUALLY HAS ITS PRACTICE ON DEVELOPING THE LAWS. WHAT HAPPENS IS THE LAW DEPARTMENT WHICH IS UNDER THE CITY ATTORNEY, THEY HAVE TO DEFEND LAWS WHERE THEY'RE NOT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT OF BEING ABLE TO DRAFT THEM IN ORDER TO AVOID LAWSUITS. SO IT CREATES LEVEL OF DISALIGNMENT THAT'S THERE. THAT'S SCOMBRUS A LIMITATION THAT THEY WERE JUST BRINGING UP AS I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE AS YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS MODEL THE LONGEST. JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA HAD

INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL. THAT WAS AFTER AN 11-6 NO CONFIDENCE VOTE OF THEIR CITY ATTORNEY BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THE CITY ATTORNEY LITERALLY WASN'T DOING THEIR JOB EFFECTIVELY AND PROVIDING BAD LEGAL COUNSEL. AFTER THAT NO CONFIDENCE VOTE IN MARCH OF 2025, THEY HAD THEIR COUNCIL SECRETARY WHO WAS LEGALLY THEIR -- WHICH IS THE CITY CLERK. SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 2023, SEATTLE, THEY WANTED TO HAVE GENERAL COUNSEL TO BE PROVIDED FOR THEIR LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. HOWEVER, WITH SEATTLE, A LOT OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY'VE WORKED A LOT TO CREATE MOUs TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY WORK TOGETHER AS DEPARTMENTS. THE LAW DEPARTMENT -- SORRY, THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL SOMETIMES WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DEVELOP TANDEM OPINIONS. THEY'LL ALSO HAVE DISSENTING OPINIONS. BUT THE OFFICIAL OPINION OF THE CITY IS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I MENTIONED THAT ONLY BECAUSE I HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION WITH SEATTLE. HOWEVER, IT'S REALLY HARD TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE LEARNINGS BECAUSE THEY -- SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE BRIEF IN ITS ENTIRETY. IF YOU WANT MORE DETAILS. I AGAIN WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT LEGAL QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, INCLUDING LEGAL CONSTRAINTS TO ESTABLISH OUTSIDE OF THAT SCOPE. I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE WILL GO INTO DISCUSSION. AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR LRO STAFF FOR PREPARING THIS REPORT AS WELL AS THE PRESENTATION, AND JUST UPLIFT A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FULL REPORT THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER AS WE TAKE THIS INFORMATION TO CONSIDERATION, AND THINK ABOUT NEXT STEPS. THIS BUILDS UPON SEVERAL YEARS OF DISCUSSION AMONGST THIS BODY. IT WAS RAISED MOST RECENTLY DURING A PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF OUR CAO RENOMINATION PROCESS AROUND HOW COUNCIL, AS WE'RE BUILDING OUT OUR LEGISLATIVE SIDE OF OUR GOVERNMENT, IS ALSO CREATING DEDICATED STAFF TO HELP US MEET OUR PARTICULAR NEEDS AND THAT OF OUR RESIDENTS. PAGE 7 IN THE REPORTED, IT STATES THAT MANY OF THESE POSITIONS WERE DESIGNATED TO BALANCE OR DESIGNED TO BALANCE THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION AND TO ENSURE THE COUNCIL COULD INDEPENDENTLY ASSESS POLICY, BUDGET, AND LEGAL RISK. AND THESE OFFICES DO NOT REPRESENT THE COUNCIL SEPARATELY IN MATTERS OF LITIGATION. IT ALSO STATES THAT THE ROLE IS NECESSARILY FOCUSED ON RISK MANAGEMENT, LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING AND INTERNAL LEGAL ADVICE. I BELIEVE THESE TWO SECTIONS SUMMARIZE PERFECTLY THE REASONS WHY I BROUGHT THIS LEGISLATIVE MOTION FORWARD LAST YEAR. THE INTENT BEHIND IT WAS DUE TO MY OWN EXPERIENCES WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE REGARDING POLICY ISSUES THAT I WAS ADVANCING WHERE THE MAYOR WAS OPENLY OPPOSED, AND ADVANCING HIS OPPOSITION AGAINST. AND THAT OPPOSITION IMPACTED THE LEGAL SUPPORT THAT MY OFFICE RECEIVED OR THE LACK THEREOF. AND ULTIMATELY, LED TO THE UNNECESSARILY LEGISLATIVE DELAY OF CRITICAL POLICY MEASURES THAT WERE MEANT TO HELP US MEET OUR CLIMATE EQUITY GOALS, AS WELL AS OUR POLICE REFORM GOALS. AND I CAN UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE

HAVING THE CAO REPRESENT THE CITY ON LEGAL MATTERS. BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO HAVE OUR COLLEAGUES CONSIDER THE MASSIVE BENEFIT THAT WE COULD HAVE IF WE HAD ATTORNEYS WHO HELPED US ON OUR LEGISLATIVE SIDE CRAFT POLICIES WITHOUT HAVING TO WEIGH THE POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. AND I THINK THAT SECTION AGAIN ON PAGE 9 REALLY HELPED TO PUT SOME OF THAT IN PERSPECTIVE. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE, TOO, AND I THINK THERE HAS BEEN SOME EFFORTS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN TRYING TO MITIGATE SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED. BUT KNOWING THAT THERE ARE ALSO A VARIETY OF ATTORNEYS THAT WE'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH AND THEY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY PROFESSIONAL AND INNOVATIVE AS IT PERTAINS TO HELPING US FIND POLICY SOLUTIONS, AND COMPLEMENTING THAT WITH THEIR LEGAL EXPERTISE SO WE CAN MEET OUR RESIDENT NEEDS. BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT US TO BE RELYING ON A SYSTEM THAT ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS FOR A GAMBLE OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU RECEIVE THAT SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE DEPENDING ON WHO YOU'RE ASSIGNED TO. SO I THINK THIS GIVES US SOME REALLY GOOD NEXT STEPS TO THINK THROUGH. IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE FROM JACKSON, AS YOU MENTIONED, D.C., THE WAYS IN WHICH OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODIES HAVE TRIED TO TACKLE HOW TO BUILD IN LEGAL SUPPORTS. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE. AGAIN, HOW WE'RE GOING TO INVEST IN BUILDING OUT THE LEGISLATIVE ARM AND OUR AUTONOMY A LOT MORE STRONGLY. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO HELPING US HAVE THOUGHTS ON THAT FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING ALL THIS, AND HAVING SOME FUN CONVERSATIONS. SOUND LIKE WHERE YOU GOT TO NERD OUT ABOUT THIS PIECE. YOU DON'T HEAR A LOT ABOUT THAT IN GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE.

I DO WANT TO SAY -- SORRY, THROUGH THE CHAIR, TO COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS FROM SEATTLE WAS U OF M, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA GRADUATE AND WENT TO LAW SCHOOL HERE. IT WAS VERY NICE TO KIND OF SEE SOME OF THE LIVED EXPERIENCE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE AND KIND OF WHAT THEIR ROLE IS NOW. IT IS VERY INTERESTING HOW WE HAVE SO MANY TENTACLES ACROSS THIS GREAT UNITED STATES. THANK YOU. NEXT, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

THANKS FOR THIS REPORT. I FIND IT INTERESTING AND WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS UP ON THIS DAIS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. BUT I DON'T SEE IT AS SOMETHING WE COULD EVER PURSUE WITHOUT A CHARTER CHANGE. AND I DON'T SEE A PATH OR A WILL TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. IT'S NARROWLY FOCUSED ON WHAT I WOULD BUCKET AS ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF. IN THIS REPORT, YOU SAID THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SERVES BOTH THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES PROVIDING A UNIFIED LEGAL VOICE FOR THE CITY. AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. SO I JUST WANTED TO LEAVE THAT THERE. BUT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE DUG DEEPER AND GOTTEN FACTS AROUND WHAT A LOT OF OTHER CITIES DO, AND THAT ALWAYS INFORMS OUR WORK. THANKS.

THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE RESEARCH WORK YOU DID ON THIS AND THE PRESENTATION. VERY INFORMATIVE. I'M REALLY LIKING WHAT I'M SEEING COMING OUT OF LRO. THANKS FOR DOING THAT. AND JUST SOME LEVITY. I JUST APPRECIATED GETTING THE TEA ON THESE OTHER CITY COUNCILS. SOUNDS LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF DRAMA. BUT WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. WE CAN LAUGH. IT'S OKAY. [LAUGHTER]

MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO FILE THAT PRESENTATION. WONDERFUL. NOW WE'LL BE RECEIVING AND FILING THE INITIAL PLANS FOR THE 2026 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION. I'LL INVITE KATIE SMITH AND JON MARTIN FROM VOTER SERVICES FOR THAT PRESENTATION. WELCOME.

THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY, AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MY NAME IS KATIE SMITH AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS AND VOTER SERVICES HERE AT THE CITY. I'M JOINED BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR JON MARTIN AND WE'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF THE ELECTION PLANS. FIRST OF ALL, THE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON THIS TIME'S BALLOT, INCLUDING OUR STATE SEATS FOR GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, SECRETARY OF STATE, ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE REPRESENTATIVE. SHERIFF'S ATTORNEY AND COMMISSIONER. ALSO, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS ALSO A SCHOOL ELECTION YEAR. I GET TO SEE A COUPLE OF YOU EACH TIME WHEN WE PASS THE CONTRACT WITH THE SCHOOL. BUT IT USUALLY GOES THROUGH ON CONSENT. SO I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT WE CONTRACT WITH MINNEAPOLIS SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, WE DO RUN THEIR ELECTIONS ON THEIR BEHALF. WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. YOU'LL ALSO SEE ON CONSENT WHEN WE PASS OUR POLLING PLACE RESOLUTION, THAT A LOT OF POLLS WILL BE HAPPENING AT THE SCHOOLS. SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION YEAR. TWO AT LARGE SEATS AND THREE OF THE DISTRICT SEATS. AND THEN ALSO, JUDICIAL OFFICES WILL BE ON THE BALLOT. SOME KEY DATES TO HIGHLIGHT INCLUDE THOSE BIG ELECTION DAYS, WHICH ARE AUGUST 11th FOR THE STATE PRIMARY ELECTION. NOVEMBER 3RD, FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION, ITSELF. VOTING, THOUGH, IS COMING UP REALLY SOON. THE KICKOFF IS NEXT MONTH ON JUNE 26TH. THAT WILL BE THE FIRST DAY TO CAST A BALLOT IN THIS YEAR'S PRIMARY ELECTION. THAT WILL BE THE DATE THAT PEOPLE CAN START VOTING AT OUR OFFICE. AND ALSO THE DATE THAT WILL INITIALLY SEND OUT THE FIRST ROUND OF MAIL BALLOTS THIS YEAR. WE HAVE PUBLIC ACCURACY TESTING FOR EACH ELECTRICIAN -- ELECTION THE THE PUBLIC CAN COME INTO OUR OFFICE AND LOOK AT THE

MACHINES THAT ARE GOING TO BE USED TO TABULATE ALL OF OUR BALLOTS. TWO DATES LISTED FOR WHEN THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD STARTS. I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT'S A CHANGE THAT'S COMING THAT WAS PASSED IN THE 2023 LEGISLATIVE CYCLE FOR THE ENACTMENT OF EARLY VOTING. THIS YEAR WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR THAT IT GOES INTO EFFECT. FOR OUR VOTERS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO NOTICE TOO BIG OF A CHANGE FOR THOSE THAT WERE FAMILIAR WITH VOTING DURING THE DIRECT BALLOTING TIMEFRAME. IT'S JUST KIND OF A SHORTER APPLICATION PROCESS AND MOVES US FORWARD AS WE STARTED SEEING THE ABILITY TO INCORPORATE DIFFERENT CHANGES INTO OUR SYSTEM LIKE USING SOME OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICES DURING THE EARLY VOTING TIME PERIOD. BUT AGAIN, THIS YEAR FOR THOSE AT HOME WHO ARE WATCHING, WHAT DO I EXPECT WHEN I VOTE EARLY. THE EARLY VOTING TIME PERIOD IS THOSE SAME 18-DAYS AS THE DIRECT TIME PERIOD WAS. SHORTER FORM WHEN YOU COME IN TO VOTE. BUT IT WILL BE AN EXPERIENCE THAT YOU GET TO DEPOSIT YOUR BALLOT INTO THE TABULATOR. AND THEN I WANTED TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A LOT OF THE PLANNING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND AHEAD OF THIS YEAR'S ELECTION CYCLE. SPECIFICALLY, WE'VE HAD SPUN UP FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW A MONTHLY SAFETY AND SECURITY WORK GROUP IN-HOUSE HERE WITHIN THE CITY. SPEARHEADED BY OUR DIVISION, BUT ALSO INCORPORATING ALL OF OUR PARTNER MEMBERS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY. OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, OUR INTERNAL TEAM WITH CITY, WITH -- I'M SORRY. WITH OUR OWN LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. AND THEN ALSO INCORPORATING SOME MEMBERS OF THE MORE BROAD TEAMS THAT WE WORK WITH IN FOSTERING THE ELECT ELECTIONS. SO THINGS LIKE OUR SCHOOLS, POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME

OF THE HAZARDS OR CHALLENGES THAT WE COULD FACE DURING THIS YEAR'S ELECTION CYCLE. AND STARTED TO MAKE MITIGATION PLANS FOR WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON ELECTION DAY OR EARLY VOTING. I'D HIGHLIGHT THIS IS NORMAL PROCESS AND PROCEDURE THAT WE DO EVERY ELECTION CYCLE. WE'RE CONSISTENTLY MITIGATING FOR THINGS LIKE WHAT IF WE'RE MAILED SOMETHING IN THE MAIL AND NEED TO RESPOND TO THAT. WHAT IF THERE'S A WEATHER ISSUE? WHAT IF THERE'S AN EXTERNAL INFLUENCE LIKE A CYBERSECURITY ISSUE. THIS YEAR IT'S FRONT IN MIND OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE WAS A THREATENING ACTOR. WHETHER THAT IS SOMEONE WHO IS UPSET AT PROCESS, SYSTEM, OR FROM A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT. AND WE HAVE CREATED A COORDINATED RESPONSE TEAM, INCLUDING OUR PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY, INCLUDING OUR PARTNERS AT THE STATE, AND INCLUDING THE LEGAL PARTNERSHIPS THAT A THREE OF THOSE ENTITIES POSSESS SO WE CAN RESPOND ACCORDINGLY. I WON'T GET DEEP IN THE WEEDS. THE RESPONSE ITSELF IS GOING TO DEPEND REALLY ON WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING. WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED AND WHAT DOES THAT RESPONSE LOOK LIKE. IS IT SOMETHING WE'RE ADDRESSING IN THE MOMENT, CALLING 911, IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE HANDLED THROUGH A LEGAL CHALLENGE OR PROCESS. IT WILL DEPEND SPECIFICALLY ON WHAT EXACTLY IS OCCURRING IN THAT MOMENT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND PASS IT OVER TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR MARTIN.

THANK YOU. SO OUR MAIN EARLY VOTE CENTER WILL BE AT OUR MAIN OFFICE, WHICH IS LOCATED 980 EAST HENNEPIN AVENUE. IT WILL BE OPERATING MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M. EXPANDED HOURS INCLUDING WEEKEND HOURS AND EVENING HOURS. THE LAST TWO WEEKS PROCEEDING EACH ELECTION. BOTH OUR MAIN SITE AND OTHER EARLY VOTE LOCATIONS WILL HAVE LANGUAGE SUPPORT OPTIONS AS WELL AS CURBSIDE VOTING AND EXPRESS VOTE, WHICH IS OUR ASSISTED VOTING DEVICE. IN ADDITION TO OUR EARLY VOTE CENTER, WE ARE PLANNING TWO SATELLITE LOCATIONS AND 11 POP-UP SITES FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION. THE SATELLITE SITES WILL BE OPEN THE LAST TWO WEEKS LEADING UP TO ELECTION DAY FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION. THERE WILL BE ONE SATELLITE SITE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AT THE URBAN LEAGUE TWIN CITIES. AND BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH. FOR OUR POP-UP SITES, WE'VE CREATED A CRITERIA. INCLUDES GEOGRAPHY, TURNOUT HISTORY, CITIZEN VOTING AGE, POPULATION DATA, TARGETING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, AND THEN ACCESS FACILITY TYPE OF THE VARIOUS BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE OPTIONS TO USE. THE GOAL FOR THESE SITES ARE THE MEET VOTERS WHERE THEY'RE AT, AND ALSO REDUCE BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION. THIS IS A MAP OF ALL OF OUR POP-UP LOCATIONS, OUR SATELLITE SITES AND OUR MAIN OFFICE FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION. THE MARKER IN BLUE IS OUR MAIN OFFICE. OUR MAIN EARLY VOTE CENTER. THE SATELLITE SITES ARE IN GREEN. AND THEN THE RED ONES ARE THE POP-UP LOCATIONS. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE ONLY 10 LISTED. WE DID HAVE ANOTHER ONE

CONFIRM, AND SO WE WILL HAVE 11. THE 11th IS A SITE AT PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE. AND SOME OF THESE SITES HAVE BEEN USED EITHER IN 2024. SOME WERE USED IN 2025. THERE ARE A FEW NEW ONES LIKE SABATHANI IS A NEW SITE FOR THIS YEAR. THERE WILL BE SOME POLLING PLACE CHANGES FOUR IN TOTAL. SOME LOCATIONS ARE RETURNING TO THE PREVIOUS SITE FOLLOWING SOME CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS BEING HAD. SOME WILL BE NEW LOCATIONS ENTIRELY. IN WARD 2, PRECINCT 6, WHICH IS THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CAMPUS WILL BE RETURNING TO GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH. THERE'S CONSTRUCTION THERE FOR 2025 ELECTION. WARD 4, PRECINCT 5, WHICH IS THE WEBBER CAMDEN NEIGHBORHOOD. VOTERS WILL BE VOTING AT WEBBER COMMUNITY CENTER IN WARD 6, PRECINCT 2, ELLIOTT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY'LL BE RETURNING TO THE ELLIOTT PARK RECREATION CENTER. THERE IS SOME CONSTRUCTION WHICH CAUSED US TO MOVE FOR ONE YEAR. AND WARD 7, PRECINCT 10, VOTERS WILL BE VOTING AT PLYMOUTH CHURCH. WE PLAN TO COMMUNICATE TO VOTERS IN MULTIPLE WAYS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THESE CHANGES. THIS INCLUDES MAILING A POSTAL VERIFICATION CARD TO ALL AFFECTED VOTERS. FEATURED IN OUR CITY-WIDE VOTER GUIDE WHICH WE MAIL OUT TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD REGARDLESS IF THE HOUSEHOLD HAS REGISTERED VOTERS IN THEM. THERE WILL BE MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS ABOUT THESE CHANGES. SIGNAGE AT THE PREVIOUS LOCATIONS TELLING FOLKS THAT THESE LOCATIONS ARE NO LONGER WHERE THEY VOTE AND DIRECTING THEM TO THE NEW LOCATION. WE WILL ALSO BE HAVING OUTREACH PLANS. OUR MAIN OUTREACH STRATEGY IS BUILT AROUND BROAD AND TARGETED ENGAGEMENT. WE HAVE PLANS TO ATTEND RIGHT NOW 20

PLANNED EVENTS INCLUDING MAJOR COMMUNITY GATHERINGS SUCH AS OPEN STREETS, JUNETEENTH AND OTHER CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS. THIS NUMBER WILL NO DOUBT GROW THROUGHOUT THE ELECTION AS WE GET MORE AND MORE INVITATIONS FROM GROUPS TO SPEAK OR TABLE AT THEIR EVENTS. WE'LL ALSO BE LEVERAGING MEDIA THROUGH 22-PLANNED MEDIA NEWS RELEASES. WE'LL HAVE STAFF, WHICH IS A YEARLY OCCURRENCE, GO ON THE CITY'S CULTURAL RADIO STATIONS TO DO INTERVIEWS IN LANGUAGE ON THOSE STATIONS. THERE WILL ALSO BE TARGETED COMMUNICATIONS SUCH AS UTILIZING THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EMAIL LIST. WE'LL BE ADVERTISING IN NEWSPAPERS ON A LOCAL LEVEL. WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS FOR HIGH SCHOOL VOTER OUTREACH. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A SERIES OF MULTI-LINGUAL SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS GIVING KEY ELECTION INFORMATION BOTH ENGLISH, SPANISH, HMONG, AND SOMALI. THE MAIN FOCUS IS TO MAKE SURE VOTERS ARE INFORMED, PREPARED AND CONFIDENT IN THE PROCESS. SO EVERYONE HERE IN THE CITY IS ELECTION READY. I'LL PASS IT BACK TO DIRECTOR SMITH.

LASTLY, WE WANTED TO KIND OF PREVIEW OUR VERY INITIAL CAMPAIGN THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR VOTING MESSAGING FOR THE YEAR. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY INTERESTED NOT ONLY IN LIKE HOW CAN I VOTE, WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT METHODS TO VOTE, BUT HOW CAN I HELP AND HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED. AND WE WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION THAT YOU'LL SEE GOING ON IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. FLYERS FOR TABLING. WE'LL HAVE OUR WEBSITE UPDATED. IT IS ACTUALLY BEING UPDATED BECAUSE I CLEARED IT YESTERDAY FOR THEM TO GO AHEAD WITH IT. HANDLING OUT OTHER MATERIALS AND GETTING THEM TRANSLATED IN SPANISH, HMONG, AND SOMALI. BRIEFLY, SOME OF THE MESSAGING ABOUT HOW CAN I HELP. WE WANT IT SHARE INFORMATION OF WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN CONTRIBUTE THAT'S POSITIVE AND A GOOD WAY TO GET INVOLVED. THERE'S STRICT MINNESOTA LAWS ON WHO IS ALLOWED TO BE IN A POLLING PLACE. SO I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME IDEAS FROM COMMUNITY OF MAYBE I CAN GO THERE AND MAYBE I CAN GO AND BE SUPPORTIVE. BUT INSTEAD OF SHOWING UP AT A POLL, WE WANT PEOPLE TO SHOW UP FOR EACH OTHER AND HELP IN A WAY THAT'S REALLY SUPPORTIVE TO COMMUNITY. SHARING THE ACCURATE ELECTION INFORMATION. SO I WOULD HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONNECT WITH OUR OFFICE AT VOTE.MINNEAPOLIS.MN WEBSITE. THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE AS AN ELECTION JUDGE AND GET TO WORK ON ELECTION DAY OR GET TO WORK EARLY. PEOPLE COULD PROVIDE RIDES TO THE POLLS. ENCOURAGING YOUR NEIGHBORS TO MAKE A VOTING PLAN. THE BEST WAY TO ENSURE SOMEONE IS GOING TO VOTE IS HAVING A PLAN IN PLACE. HELPING A NEIGHBOR REGISTER OR FILLING OUT A FORM, HELPING SOMEONE RETURN A BALLOT THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED IN THE MAIL. SUPPORTING NON-PARTISAN OUTREACH EFFORTS EITHER THROUGH OUR OFFICE OR ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND FOR THOSE WHO

HAVE LANGUAGE SKILLS, SHARING THAT INFORMATION MORE BROADLY ACROSS LANGUAGES AND ENSURING THE MESSAGING IS REALLY REACHING ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES. AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. AND REMIND ANYONE WHO IS LISTENING AT HOME OF THE PRIMARY AUGUST 11th. THE GENERAL NOVEMBER 3RD. AND CHECK OUR WEBSITE TO FIND A METHOD THAT WORKS FOR YOU. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, BOTH OF YOU. WE HAVE A FEW MEMBERS HERE IN QUEUE. I'LL FIRST RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.

THANK YOU. ON SLIDE 8, YOU LIST A BUNCH OF A FEW POP-UP LOCATIONS. WILL THESE HAPPEN AHEAD OF THE PRIMARY ELECTION? THE POP-UP LOCATIONS? I'M SORRY. YEAH. WILL THEY HAPPEN BEFORE THE PRIMARY? VIA THE CHAIR, THERE ARE NO POP-UPS PLANNED FOR THE PRIMARY. THOSE ARE JUST FOR GENERAL ELECTION. FOR EARLY VOTING FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION, THAT WILL BE AT OUR MAIN OFFICE OR DOWNTOWN THROUGH THE HENNEPIN COUNTY CENTER. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN.

THANK YOU, CHAIR. I'M JUST WONDERING WHY IS THERE ONLY TWO LOCATIONS IN ALL OF NORTH MINNEAPOLIS? ONE IN WARD 4 AND ONE IN WARD 5. BUT YOU HAVE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ON THE SOUTHSIDE. YOU DON'T WANT US TO COME OUT AND VOTE OVER NORTH?

VIA THE CHAIR, HAPPY TO RESPOND. ONE OF OUR LOCATIONS THAT YOU FIND IN NORTH IS ONE OF THE GREEN LOCATIONS. IT'S OPEN FOR THE ENTIRE 18-DAY WINDOW OF EARLY VOTING. THE OTHER ONE WE WANTED TO GET EVEN FURTHER NORTH. WE DO HAVE THAT NEW ONE THAT'S UP IN WARD 4. SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT YOU SEE, WE TRIED TO SPREAD THEM OUT SO THERE'S AN 18-DAY OPTION ON THE NORTHSIDE AND 18-DAY OPTION ON THE SOUTHSIDE. AND THEN A GOOD MIX AROUND SOME KEY PARTS OF THE CITY THAT WE DID TARGET. RESPECTFULLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT MAP YOU BROUGHT UP. WHERE DID THAT PICTURE GO? THE MAP. YUP, YOU SEE THAT MAP? YES, I DO.

YEAH. WE'RE A LITTLE SHORT CHANGED OVER THERE. AND WE GOT THAT ONE GREEN, WHICH IS AT THE URBAN LEAGUE TWIN CITIES, AND ONE ALL THE WAY AT WEBBER CAMDEN. NOW IT'S HISTORICALLY BEEN RECORDED THAT, YOU KNOW, NORTH MINNEAPOLIS HAS LOWER VOT VOTER TURNOUT. BUT IF WE'RE N GIVEN THE ACCESS AND EASE IN THE ACCESS TO IMPROVE, RAISE OUR VOICES RESIDENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS WITH SUCH CRITICAL THINGS HAPPENING IN THIS CURRENT TIME, THAT WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT. I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT THEMSELVES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT AND VOTE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS.

VIA THE CHAIR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. YES. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. THANK YOU FOR COMING FOR THIS PRESENTATION. LOOKING AT THE BALLOT OF RACES ON SLIDE 2 REMINDED ME OF THE SENATOR SEATS. WE HAVE ONE RETIRING U.S. SENATOR ON THE BALLOT. AND WE HAVE OUR SECOND SENATOR WHO IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHAT HAPPENS IF THAT CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR IS SUCCESSFUL? IS THERE THEN A SPECIAL ELECTION THE FOLLOWING YEAR OR HOW IS THAT SEAT FILLED?

VIA THE CHAIR, YES, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. SHOULD THAT SEAT BE VACATED NEXT YEAR, IT WILL PROMPT A SPECIAL ELECTION NEXT AUGUST AS A PRIMARY. AND A GENERAL. SO IT WOULD BE AN ENTIRE YEAR. VIA THE CHAIR, YES AN APPOINTMENT -- YOU HAPPEN TO RECALL HOW LONG THAT VACANCY GOES? I MEAN, SORRY, HOW LONG THAT TERM IS. HOW LONG IS SENATOR KLOBUCHAR'S TERM THROUGH? VIA THE CHAIR, IT'S THROUGH 2028.

I SEE. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, TOP OF MIND AND SOMETHING I HEAR FROM PLACE TO PLACE WHERE I GO IS ABOUT ELECTIONS INTEGRITY. AND PEOPLE'S CONCERNS ABOUT OUTSIDE INFLUENCES. YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ALREADY. I HAVE PEOPLE ASKING ME WHAT THEY CAN DO NOW. TO ENSURE SAFE AND ACCURATE ELECTIONS. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW TO SECURE THE DEMOCRACY OF OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS. I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT OFFERING RIDES AND HELPING PEOPLE TO MAKE A VOTING PLAN. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I SHOULD BE TELLING THEM?

VIA THE CHAIR. YES, I THINK THAT INFORMATION THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN PARTICIPATE ALSO ENSURES DEMOCRACY IS BEING SUPPORTED. MAKING SURE EVERYONE KNOWS THEY HAVE OPTIONS TO VOTE BY MAIL. IT'S ENSURING THAT IF SOMEONE DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING ALONE, MAYBE YOU'RE WILLING TO ACCOMPANY YOUR NEIGHBOR AND GO WITH. THAT IS ONE OF THE METHODS OF SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY. ANOTHER WAY, AND IT'S KIND OF MENTIONED IN THAT, IS GETTING INVOLVED. SO UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS. WORKING AS AN ELECTION JUDGE, WORKING DURING VOTING. SHARE THAT EXPERIENCE WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. SO WHEN YOU'RE HEARING SOMETHING, LIKE HEY, I DON'T KNOW IF I TRUST THE PROCESS. YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION. I WAS A JUDGE. I WAS A PART OF IT. IT REALLY IS, WE SAY IT A LITTLE BIT AND IT'S A LITTLE SILLY, YOUR CITY, YOUR VOTE. THAT'S OUR MESSAGING. BUT IT REALLY IS. OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE RUN BY OUR PEOPLE. SO SEEING THE PROCESS MAKES MORE TRUST WITHIN THE PROCESS ITSELF.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT, I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I DID JUST WANT TO GET FURTHER CLARIFICATION. I CAN'T RECALL IF YOU MENTIONED THIS PIECE OF THE DATES FOR THE POP-UPS. I THINK THAT HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS FOR ACTIVATING RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN HISTORICALLY LOWER VOTER TURNOUT AREAS. I WILL NOTE IT HAS BEEN SUCH A BENEFICIAL ASSET IN WARD 2, AND PARTICULARLY GETTING OUR STUDENT VOTERS ACTIVATED AND EXCITED TO EXERCISE THEIR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS IN THIS WAY OF CASTING A VOTE. I'VE SEEN HISTORIC UPTICKS IN VOTER TURNOUT AS A RESULT OF THAT. WHEN DATES WILL BE PUBLICIZED OR IF THEY'RE ALREADY UP ON THE WEBSITE?

VIA THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, NO, THEY'RE NOT PUBLISHED YET. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO SOLIDIFY TWO OF THEM. ONE, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND A DATE THAT WORKS FOR US. WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THEM OUT AND HAVE TO CHANGE THEM. AS SOON AS THEY'RE SOLID AND AVAILABLE, WE CAN SEND THEM OUT. GREAT. ONLY QUESTION I HAD. THANKS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS HERE BEFORE US. AND SO I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND PREPARATION FOR THE ELECTION THIS YEAR. I KNOW IT'S A REALLY BIG LIFT. ESPECIALLY COMING OFF THE HEELS OF THE LAST ELECTION. I THINK WE'RE PERHAPS GETTING A BREAK FROM ELECTIONS IN THE CITY AT SOME POINT. I'M NOT SURE WHICH ELECTION YEAR THAT IS GOING TO BE. BUT APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK. AND YEAH, WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT JUST LIKE SECURITY AND WHAT WE'RE KEEPING IN MIND THIS YEAR THAT FEELS DIFFERENT. I KNOW THAT SECRETARY SIMON HAS GONE ON DIFFERENT MEDIA OUTLETS TO TALK ABOUT MINNESOTA BEING ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF THINKING ABOUT ELECTION SECURITY, AND WHAT GOES INTO ENSURING OUR DEMOCRACY. AND SO I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE MORE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS COMING FORWARD. SO JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR WORK.

THANK YOU.

WITH THAT, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO FILE THAT PRESENTATION. NOW, WE ARE ON OUR LAST ITEM. THIS IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT REGARDING THE INTERNAL REVIEW OF THE SHOOTING OF DAVIS MOTURI. I WILL INVITE UP THE CHIEF OF POLICE, CHIEF O'HARA FOR THAT PRESENTATION. WELCOME UP, CHIEF.

THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU.

CHAIR, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS BRIAN O'HARA AND I'M THE POLICE CHIEF. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT BOTH THE INTERNAL REVIEW OF AN AFTER ACTION REPORT OF THE SHOOTING OF MR. DAVIS MOTURI, AS WELL AS WHAT WAS LEARNED FROM THAT, AND THE ACTIONS THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN SINCE. TO BEGIN, LET ME JUST BE CLEAR, THAT THE SHOOTING OF MR. MOTURI SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTABLE. IN OCTOBER OF 2024, SHORTLY AFTER MR. MOTURI WAS SHOT, I COMMITTED TO A THOROUGH REVIEW OF EVERY ASPECT OF THIS ESCALATING DISPUTE BETWEEN THESE TWO NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING ALL ASPECTS OF THE DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSE AND FOLLOW-UP. NOW SINCE THEN, THERE'S BEEN TWO REVIEWS THAT HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED. ONE IS A COMPREHENSIVE AND INDEPENDENT REVIEW THAT WAS NOT CONDUCTED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY THE CITY AUDITOR. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT THOROUGH AND PROFESSIONAL WORK COMPLETED BY THE CITY AUDITOR. THE WORK WE ARE PRESENTING TODAY IS SEPARATE FROM THAT REPORT. BUT IT'S INFORMATION THAT WAS ALSO PROVIDED TO THE AUDITOR. THE INFORMATION TODAY IS THE INTERNAL AFTER ACTION REVIEW THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IN A POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND IN PUBLIC SAFETY IN GENERAL, AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW SEEKS TO ANSWER ESSENTIALLY FOUR QUESTIONS: ONE IS TO GATHER ALL OF THE FACTS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. TWO IS TO DETERMINE AMONG THOSE FACTS WHAT DO WE THINK WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN AT EACH POINT. THREE WOULD BE TO IDENTIFY ANY REASONS WHY THERE'S A GAP BETWEEN THE TWO, WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, AND WHAT WE THOUGHT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. IDENTIFYING THE

PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS THAT WERE INVOLVED. AND THEN LASTLY, NUMBER FOUR IS TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO RESOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. SO THE WORK PRESENTED TODAY REFLECTS CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND INTENDED TO ENSURE WE HAVE ENHANCED PROCESSES AND COORDINATION GOING FORWARD. OFTENTIMES I THINK WITH AFTER ACTION REVIEWS AND I THINK IS THE CASE HERE, THERE ARE TIMES WHERE THERE IS A LACK OF COORDINATION. AND THAT TYPICALLY OCCURS AT THE SEAMS OF SOME OF THESE EVENTS. WHETHER THINGS ARE BEING HANDED OFF INTERNALLY FROM PATROL OR TO AN INVESTIGATIVE UNIT. OR EXTERNALLY, BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER AGENCIES. I THINK IT'S CLEAR BOTH DURING THIS REVIEW AND ALSO FROM THE CITY AUDITOR'S REPORT THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN BY MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT. THE MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT DID CARE AND DID MAKE ATTEMPTS TO TRY AND RESOLVE THE SITUATION. BUT WHAT IS ALSO CLEAR WAS THAT WHAT WE DID WAS NOT ENOUGH. AND AS CHIEF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I AM THE PERSON SITTING IN THE CHAIR WHILE THIS OCCURRED. AS I HAVE PREVIOUSLY STATED, WE FAILED MR. MOTURI. IF MR. MOTURI IS LISTENING, I WOULD JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. THAT THIS DEPARTMENT UNDER MY LEADERSHIP FAILED YOU. THAT I AM SORRY FOR THAT. THAT THIS REVIEW AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE CITY AUDITOR MADE CLEAR THAT DESPITE EFFORTS THAT WERE MADE, DESPITE PROCESSES IN PLACE, THE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT EFFECTIVE AT RESOLVING THE SITUATION AND PREVENTING THIS SHOOTING. SO I

AM SORRY FOR THAT FAILURE, AND I'M SORRY FOR THE IMPACT THIS HAD BOTH ON MR. MOTURI, HIS FAMILY, AND ON THE COMMUNITY. THAT BEING SAID, WE MUST COMMIT TO BEING A LEARNING ORGANIZATION. AND I WANT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW JUST LIKE MR. MOTURI AND HIS FAMILY, THAT THESE SHORTCOMINGS ARE DRIVING MEANINGFUL CHANGES WITHIN THIS DEPARTMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT WHEN WE CONDUCT THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FACTS TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT IN WHICH WE WERE OPERATING. THIS HAPPENED AND ESCALATED DURING THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 2024. THAT IS THE PERIOD WHERE THE DEPARTMENT FELL TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF STAFFING FOR SWORN MEMBERS IN DECADES. OUR INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU WAS AT ESSENTIALLY HALF OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL THAT THEY HAD TYPICALLY HAD PRIOR TO 2020. AND WERE OVERLOADED WITH CASES. THE PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS THAT WERE IN PLACE FOR NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES WERE NOT EFFECTIVE IN THESE CONDITIONS. AND YOU KNOW, ADDING TO THAT WAS SIMPLY A LACK OF SPECIALTY TEAM DEDICATED TO APPREHENDING VIOLENT OFFENDERS. AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A TIMELINE AND A SUMMARY OF ALL OF THE KEY EVENTS, THE 911 CALLS, POLICE RESPONSE, MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT WHO ATTEMPTED TO INVOLVE OTHERS AND OUTSIDE ENTITIES TO TRY AND RESOLVE THINGS. AND I'M GOING TO HAVE COMMANDER MARK STROM WHO LED THAT REVIEW GO THROUGH THAT PORTION. THEN I WILL COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE OF THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW. THE

FOUR QUESTIONS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY AND FIX THINGS. AND THEN WE'LL FINISH UP BY SPEAKING ABOUT THE NEIGHBOR-TO-NEIGHBOR PROGRAM, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT HAS EMERGED FROM THIS. SO WITH THAT, I WILL BRING UP COMMANDER MARKSTROM TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH HIS REVIEW.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL CHAIR, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M RALPH MARKSTROM. ON OCTOBER 29TH, 2024, THE CHIEF'S OFFICER REQUESTED THAT I LOOK AT AN INTERNAL REVIEW OF THE SITUATIONS THAT LED UP TO DAVIS MOTURI BEING SHOT. IN THIS REVIEW, I LOOKED OVER 14 MONTHS OF RECORDS BOTH IN PIMS WHICH IS OUR RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AS WELL AS INVISINET WHICH IS DISPATCH DATABASE THAT WE USE FOR RECORDING ALL OF OUR 911 CALLS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I DID CONDUCT INTERVIEWS WITH KEY PLAYERS INVOLVED IN THE SITUATION. I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH A HIGH LEVEL TIMELINE HERE. BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WANT TO NOTE THAT OF THOSE 14 MONTHS OF RECORDS, THERE WERE 43 ENTRIES IN VISINET, WHICH IS OUR 911 DISPATCH SYSTEM, AND 21 RECORDS IN OUR PIMS, IN OUR REPORTING DATABASE. SO STARTING OUT IN AUGUST 2023, WHEN THE MOTURIS MOVED INTO THEIR HOUSE ON GRAND, THROUGH DECEMBER 2023, THE MOTURIS MOVED IN. THIS IS WHEN WE FIRST STARTED GETTING OUR RECORDED CALLS FOR SERVICE. AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH JANUARY 2024 THROUGH MARCH OF 2024, MR. MOTURI EXPERIENCED REPEATED HARASSMENT INCIDENTS FROM HIS NEIGHBOR SAWCHAK. DURING THIS TIME, ITS FIRST DOCUMENTED WEAPONS THREATS AND FECES INCIDENTS, WHICH I'LL EXPLAIN IN A LITTLE BIT, STARTED TO OCCUR. APRIL 2024 THROUGH JUNE OF 2024, WE RECEIVED MULTIPLE 911 CALLS FOR THREATS AND ASSAULTS. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT SECOND POINT OF HARASSMENT RESTRAINING ORDER HR WAS RECOMMENDED BUT NOT FILED. IT

WAS RECOMMENDED. IT WAS FILED ON OR ABOUT APRIL 8TH OF 2024. AND THEN IT WAS SERVED ADMINISTRATIVELY BY PUBLICATION IN MAY OF 2024. ALSO DURING THIS TIME, THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DECLINED FELONY CHARGES. A CASE WAS RESUBMITTED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND GROSS MISDEMEANOR CHARGES WERE FILED ON SAWCHAK. AS WE MOVE FORWARD FROM JULY OF 2024 THROUGH OCTOBER OF 2024, FELONY TERRORISTIC THREATS WERE CHARGED BY THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AGAINST SAWCHAK. OUR REACTIVE TEAM STARTED SURVEILLANCE ON SAWCHAK'S RESIDENCE IN ORDER TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY. REACT TEAM IS A TEAM OF OFFICERS WHO WORK BOTH IN UNIFORM AND PLAIN CLOTHES. DURING THIS TIME MULTIPLE THREATS CONTINUED TO MR. MOTURI FROM SAWCHAK. MPD INVESTIGATOR ATTEMPTED TO CALL THE FAMILY OF SAWCHAK TO TRY TO HELP DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION. THE ONLY FAMILY MEMBER WERE ABLE TO FIND WAS HIS MOTHER. WE'VE LEARNED HIS MOTHER PASSED AWAY. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REQUESTED TO ASSIST. SHOULD MORE CORRECTLY READ THAT THE FIFTH PRECINCT INSPECTOR -- RESTRAINING ORDERS. ON OCTOBER 23RD, MR. MOTURI WAS SHOT WHILE CUTTING A TREE DOWN IN HIS YARD. MPD RESPONDED TO THE HOSPITAL REALIZING HE HAD BEEN SHOT. 24-HOUR SURVEILLANCE BEGAN AT MR. SAWCHAK'S RESIDENCE. AND THEN AS YOU GO FROM OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER,

SAWCHAK WAS APPREHENDED ON OCTOBER 27TH, AND MPD CONTINUED WITH THE INVESTIGATION AND STARTED THE INTERNAL REVIEW. ALL RIGHT. WITH OUR INITIAL CONTACT STARTING IN OCTOBER OF 2023, WHEN THE MOTURIS MOVED IN, THIS IS WHEN WE FIRST GOT THEIR FIRST REPORTED CALLS OF HARASSMENT AND THREATS. THE FIRST POLICE CALLS THAT WERE LOGGED. THIS IS WHEN EARLY CONFLICT STARTED WITH THE NEIGHBOR SAWCHAK AND AN EARLY PATTERN OF AGGRAVATION STARTED WITH SAWCHAK AND MR. MOTURI. INITIAL CALLS FOR SERVICE. OFFICERS STARTED ADVISING MR. MOTURI ON THE RESTRAINING ORDER PROCESS. DURING THIS TIME, NO CRIMINAL CHARGES WERE FILED AND NO RESTRAINING ORDER WAS FILED. AND THE CONFLICT BETWEEN MR. MOTURI AND SAWCHAK CONTINUED. IN JANUARY OF 2024 THROUGH MARCH OF 2024, THERE WERE AN INCREASED FREQUENCY OF CALLS FOR SERVICE. THIS INCLUDED NOISES AT NIGHT, TRASH CAN BANGING AND YELLING. SAWCHAK YELLING AT MR. MOTURI. DURING THIS TIME, WE HAD THE FIRST WEAPONS RELATED REPORT. MR. SAWCHAK THREATENED MR. MOTURI WITH A WOODEN POLE. AND THE FECES INCIDENCE BEGAN. I'LL EXPLAIN THIS. THE SUSPECT IN THIS CASE, SAWCHAK, STARTED LEAVING FECES ON MR. MOTURI'S PROPERTY AND PUTTING IT THROUGH HIS MAILBOX SLOT. AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR CONTINUED. THERE WERE MULTIPLE 911 PATROL RESPONSES. THE FIFTH PRECINCT IMBEDDED SOCIAL WORK ATTEMPTED OUTREACH WITH SAWCHAK BUT UNABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH HIM. MADE CONTACT

WITH MR. MOTURI. ON 3/11, MR. MOTURI REPORTED HARASSMENT. THE CHARGES WERE SUBMITTED TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND DECLINED. BUT THEY WERE RESUBMITTED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND A GROSS MISDEMEANOR HARASSMENT CHARGES WERE FILED AND A WARRANT PUT OUT FOR HIS ARREST IN APRIL. BUT YET AT THIS POINT, BY THE END OF MARCH 2024, NO HARASSMENT ORDER HAD BEEN FILED. MOVING FORWARD IN APRIL OF 2024 THROUGH JUNE OF 2024, WE HAD A COUPLE OF INCIDENTS OCCUR. THE FIRST OCCURRED ON APRIL 8TH. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A FIGHT CALL THAT WAS CALLED IN MY A NEIGHBOR OF MR. MOTURI AND SAWCHAK. OFFICERS ARRIVED TO FIND MR. MOTURI AND SAWCHAK IN A PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION WITH ONE ANOTHER. THE OFFICERS SEPARATED THE PARTIES. ONE OFFICER SPOKE WITH MR. MOTURI. ANOTHER OFFICER SPOKE WITH SAWCHAK. MR. MOTURI IMMEDIATELY TOLD THE OFFICER SPEAKING WITH HIM THAT SAWCHAK HAD A WARRANT. THIS HE WAS REFERRING TO A FIFTH DEGREE ASSAULT WARRANT NOT RELATED TO THE MOTURI-SAWCHAK SITUATION. THE OFFICER CONTINUED TO TRY TO TALK TO MR. MOTURI JUST TO TRY TO GET SOME MORE CONTEXT AND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THESE PARTICULAR OFFICERS HAD DEALT WITH THE SITUATION INVOLVING MR. MOTURI AND SAWCHAK. THE OFFICER SPEAKING WITH SAWCHAK FOUND HIM TO BE UNCOOPERATIVE. HE REFUSED TO IDENTIFY HIMSELF. HE DID HAVE SOME MINOR INJURIES FROM THE ALTERCATION. AMBULANCE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE. THE OFFICER SPEAKING WITH SAWCHAK MOMENTARILY STEPPED AWAY TO TALK

WITH THE AMBULANCE OPERATORS CHLTS WHILE HE DID SO, SAWCHAK RETREATED INSIDE HIS RESIDENCE AND LOCKED HIMSELF INSIDE. -- ON JUNE 11th OF 2024, SAINT PAUL POLICE WAS ASSISTING MINNEAPOLIS POLICE UNDER A MUTUAL AID AS MPD OFFICERS, IN PARTICULAR FIFTH PRECINCT OFFICERS WHERE THESE INCIDENTS OCCURRED, WERE ATTENDING A FUNERAL OF AN OFFICER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. ANSWERING 911 CALLS THAT DAY AND WERE NOT AWARE OF THE HISTORY. AS FAR AS ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN. AT THIS TIME, DURING THIS TIME FRAME, THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE, CITY ATTORNEY, COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS, CRIME PREVENTION SPECIALISTS, IMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE ALL ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION THAT WAS DEVELOPING AND CONTINUE TO DEVELOP BETWEEN MR. MOTURI AND SAWCHAK. ATTEMPTS TO SERVE THE WARRANTS. THE MISDEMEANOR WARRANT FROM THE PRIOR INCIDENT. I'M SORRY. NO. I'M STILL BACK ON THAT ONE.

OKAY. SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY. I'M STILL BACK ON THAT ONE. YEAH. AND ON THE GROSS MISDEMEANOR WARRANT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. OFFICERS BEGAN TO CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE AND DIRECTED PATROL ON SAWCHAK'S RESIDENCE IN ATTEMPT TO PICK HIM UP ON THE WARRANTS. WE WERE UNABLE TO DO SO BECAUSE HE DIDN'T EVER EXIT HIS RESIDENCE. DURING THIS TIMEFRAME, MR. MOTURI REPORTED A TERRORISTIC THREATS. ON 4/22-24, IT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY TOERN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BUT WAS DECLINED. ALL RIGHT. AND THE CASE WASN'T REFERRED TO THE IMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER AT THE FIFRTH PRECINCT. HE DID MAKE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT MR. SAWCHAK WITHOUT SUCCESS. AND I DID LEARN FROM THE IMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER'S MANAGER THAT IT'S A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM AND NOBODY CAN BE FORCED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM THAT THEY WERE OFFERING. ALL RIGHT. IT SAYS NO HARASSMENT RESTRAINING ORDER FILED. BUT AS I NOTED -- OH, THAT'S ON THE NEXT PAGE. MY APOLOGIES. ALL RIGHT. THEN APRIL OF 2024 THROUGH JUNE OF 2024. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SORRY. JULY THROUGH OCTOBER. DURING THIS TIMEFRAME ON 10/14, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT ANOTHER CALL. ON 10/14, SAWCHAK AIMED A FIREARM AT MR. MOTURI. MR. MOTURI REPORTED THIS

CASE TO THE MPD. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS CASE WAS NOT ASSIGNED TO AN INVESTIGATOR UNTIL 10/24 OF THAT MONTH. THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE DAY AFTER MR. MOTURI WAS SHOT. AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT DURING THAT TIMEFRAME, THE ASSAULT UNIT WHICH IN THIS CASE WOULD HAVE BEEN ROUTED CONSISTED OF ONLY ONE LIEUTENANT AND THREE INVESTIGATORS. IN THE YEAR OF 2024, 4,589 CASES WERE ROUTED TO THE ASSAULT UNIT. AS OF TODAY, THERE ARE SIX SWORN INVESTIGATORS, ONE CIVILIAN INVESTIGATOR AND ONE LIEUTENANT. BUT ALSO DURING THIS TIMEFRAME OF JULY THROUGH OCTOBER, ON AUGUST 8TH, TERRORISTIC THREATS WAS REPORTED. AND IT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND DECLINED. ON 7/2, AN ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON CASE REPORTED, THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY CHARGE AND MR. SAWCHAK WAS CHARGED WITH TWO FELONY COUNTS OF THREAT. AS I EXPLAINED EARLIER, STARTED SURVEILLANCE ON SAWCHAK'S PROPERTY IN AN ATTEMPT TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY. THE REACT TEAM CONDUCTED SURVEILLANCE 20 PLUS TIMES ON SAWCHAK'S PROPERTY DURING THIS TIMEFRAME. THE REACT SUPERVISOR, LIEUTENANT LIPINSKI PROVIDED HIM A CELL PHONE AND REQUESTED HE CALL HIM DIRECTLY RATHER THAN GOING THROUGH 911 IF HE SEES SAWCHAK EMERGE FROM HIS PROPERTY. ALSO IN ADDITION, 911 PATROLS RESPOND TO CALLS, AND THE SUSPECT ROUTINELY RETREATS INTO HIS HOME BEFORE OFFICERS ARRIVE. THE HENNEPIN COUNTY

SHERIFF'S OFFICE ATTEMPTED TO SERVE THE FELONY WARRANT ON 9/11 AND 10/15 WITHOUT SUCCESS. WHEN I TALKED TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEY DID NOTE THEY HAD BEEN ATTEMPTING TO SERVE SAWCHAK WAS WARRANTS SINCE 2015 UNSUCCESSFULLY. THEY DID NOTE AT THE TIME WHEN I SPOKE WITH THEM IN 2024, THAT THEY HAD APPROXIMATELY 20,000 WARRANTS IN HENNEPIN COUNTY THAT NEEDED TO BE SERVED. THEN ON OCTOBER 23RD, MR. MOTURI IS SHOT BY JOHN SAWCHAK. THE MPD RESPONDED TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER. THE INVESTIGATION WAS LAUNCHED. AT THIS POINT, 24-HOUR SURVEILLANCE BEGAN ON SAWCHAK'S RESIDENCE. THE SHOOTING WAS CONFIRMED. SAWCHAK IDENTIFIED AS THE SUSPECT. HIGH PRIORITY EFFORT TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY. AT THAT POINT, I WILL HAVE -- IN JUST A LITTLE BIT, I'LL HAVE COMMANDER CAMPBELL COME AND TALK ABOUT THE TACTICAL RESPONSE TO THAT INCIDENT. IN OCTOBER 2024 THROUGH NOVEMBER 2024, SAWCHAK WAS BARRICADED AND BARELY VISIBLE INSIDE HIS RESIDENCE. AROUND THE CLOCK SURVEILLANCE STARTED ON OCTOBER 24TH THROUGH THE 27th, SAWCHAK IS APPREHENDED. MPD STARTS THE INTERNAL REVIEW OF INTERVIEWS OF KEY PERSONNEL AND THE REVIEW OF 14 MONTHS OF RECORDS. WITH SAWCHAK IN CUSTODY, MPD WITH THE REVIEW IDENTIFIES SYSTEMIC ISSUES WITH OUR WARRANT SERVICES, LIMITATIONS OF EXISTING SERVICES. AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO COMMANDER CAMPBELL WHO IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TACTICAL

RESPONSE INVOLVED WITH TAKING JOHN SAWCHAK INTO CUSTODY.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS THOMAS CAMPBELL AND I'M THE COMMANDER OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION THAT OVERSEES THE SWAT TEAM, THE BOMB UNIT, K-9 UNIT, DRONE UNIT, NEGOTIATORS, AND THE TECH TEAM USED. RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO MY PERSONNEL IS MASSIVE. AND I TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT I AND MY TEAMS DO EVERY DAY. AS THE DIVISION COMMANDER, I'M CONSTANTLY BALANCING MISSION SUCCESS, COMMUNITY SAFETY, SUSPECT RIGHTS, AND OFFICER SAFETY. TWO FRAMEWORKS THAT GUIDE THOSE DECISIONS ARE THE CRITICAL DECISION-MAKING MODEL AND THE PRINCIPLES OF SANCTITY OF LIFE. THEY WORK TOGETHER. THE CRITICAL DECISION MAKING MODEL PROVIDES HOW I DO MY JOB. -- WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? I USE THIS MODEL EVERY DAY AND I USED IT FOR THE DECISIONS THAT I HAD TO MAKE FOR THE SAWCHAK WARRANT EXECUTION THAT NIGHT. THE MODEL GUIDES ME AND THE MPD TO GATHER INFORMATION, ASSESS THE RISKS, CONSIDER OUR AUTHORITY TO ACT, IDENTIFY OUR OPTIONS, ACT, REVIEW, REASSESS AGAIN, AND ALL PRIORITIZING THE SANCTITY OF LIFE. TOGETHER, THEY REDUCE UNNECESSARY FORCE IN WHAT WE DO. THEY IMPROVE OUR OPERATIONAL OUTCOMES AND LIMITS COMMUNITY HARM. ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, I WAS ADVISED AND LEARNED THAT MR. MOTURI WAS SHOT. ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24TH, '24-HOUR SURVEILLANCE ON HIS ADDRESS BEGAN. THE GUN INVESTIGATION UNIT AND THE SOUTHSIDE REACT TEAM CONDUCTED THAT 24-HOUR SURVEILLANCE WITH THE IDEA OF TAKING HIM INTO CUSTODY OR DEVELOPING IN INTELLIGENCE FOR A SEARCH WARRANT. THIS IS THE BEST

PRACTICES TO HELP ELIMINATE ANY ESCALATION OF FORCE OR VIOLENCE. THIS IS ALSO TO AVOID A FULL SWAT TEAM CALLOUT. A MOBILE CAMERA WAS ADDED TO THE FRONT OF HIS ADDRESS TO WATCH FOR ANY MOVEMENTS. THE SUSPECT WAS THEN AT THAT TIME KNOWN TO BE A PERSON IN CRISIS WITH SIGNIFICANT MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS. A REQUEST WAS MADE TO OUR BTAT UNIT, BEHAVIOR THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM. WE ASKED THEM TO COMPLETE WORK ON MR. SAWCHAK. CONTRACTED PSYCHIATRIST. AT THAT TIME ALSO I WAS MADE AWARE THAT MR. SAWCHAK IS KNOWN TO HAVE ACCESS TO KNIVES AND FIREARMS. HE ALSO WAS KNOWN TO HAVE A MILITARY BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE WITH EXPLOSIVES. THE LAST THING THAT WAS NOTED WAS THAT HE WAS KNOWN AS A RECLUSE. DOESN'T COME OUT OF HIS HOUSE VERY OFTEN. ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, THE SURVEILLANCE CONTINUED. THIS WAS TO MINIMIZE THE ESCALATION OF FORCE, ONCE AGAIN, TO A PERSON IN CRISIS. THIS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE BECAUSE OUR MPD POLICY 7-803 CRISIS INTERVENTION STATES THAT PEOPLE IN CRISIS OR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHALLENGES MAY REQUIRE A TAILORED RESPONSE AND SUPPORT. ADDITIONAL THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REQUIRES PRIOR TO A SEARCH WARRANT PREWARRANT RESULTS ABOUT THE RESIDENCE AND ACTIVITIES MUST BE DOCUMENTED. WE CONTINUE TO ISOLATE THE SUSPECT BY PUTTING -- WE STARTED PLACING NO PARKING SIGNS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG THE ENTIRE BLOCK OF ON GRANDE. THAT WAS FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY. WE DIDN'T WANT ANYONE WALKING IN FRONT OF HIS ADDRESS. -- ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, A SEARCH WARRANT WAS SIGNED BY A JUDGE. I WAS NOTIFIED AND I HAD NOTIFIED MY

TEAMS TO BUILD OUT PERSONNEL. I ADVISED TO BUILD OUT A SWAT TEAM, TWO SEPARATE SWAT TEAMS. THE DRONE UNIT, NEGOTIATORS, BOMB UNIT, MOBILE COMMAND TECH TEAM, AND ADDITIONAL PERIMETER OFFICERS. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, THE SEARCH WARRANT PLANNING HAD BEGUN USING RISK ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION OFF OF THE SEARCH WARRANT. DEPUTY CHIEF KINGSBURY STATED THAT THE -- EXECUTE THE WARRANT THAT NIGHT. BRIEFING WAS HELD BY MYSELF AT 1900 HOURS AT THE SOC WITH ALL TEAMS WHICH APPROXIMATED 45 PERSONNEL. IN THAT BRIEFING, HOW WE'RE GOING TO -- THE ROUTE TO THE ADDRESS, MEDICAL PLANS, AND ALSO INVESTIGATOR INFORMATION. AFTER THE BRIEFING, WE ALL CONVOYED AS A GROUP DOWN TO THE ADDRESS. ONCE ON SITE, WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 2100 HOURS, WE LOCKED DOWN THE ENTIRE AREA, WHICH INCLUDED 35th STREET, HARRIETY TO PLEASANT, AND THE 3500 BLOCK OF GRAND. THIS AGAIN WAS TO KEEP PEOPLE UNINVOLVED SAFE AND OUT OF OUR AREA OF OPERATION. PERIMETER OFFICERS ALSO ATTEMPTED TO KNOCK AND TALK WITH PEOPLE IN THE AREA AND ASKED THEM TO LEAVE OR SHELTER IN PLACE. I WAS NOTIFIED THAT MOST DECIDED TO STAY WITHIN THEIR HOMES. OUR COMMAND POST WAS SET UP AT 36 HARRIET TO GRAND. OPERATION WAS HELD OUT OF THE MOBILE COMMAND TRUCK. WITHIN OUR TRUCK WAS OUR OPERATIONAL LEADERSHIP. INSIDE THAT TRUCK WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT MOBILE CAMERAS THAT WERE ALREADY SET UP IN THE FRONT OF THE ADDRESS, THE REAR OF THE ADDRESS. AND ALSO, WE HAD LIVE

DRONES STREAMING AVAILABLE TO US INSIDE THAT COMMAND TRUCK. THE PROGRESSION OF OUR WARRANT WAS OUR PRESENCE FIRST. WE DECIDED -- OR I DECIDED THAT WE WOULD DO A SURROUND AND CALLOUT. WITH THAT, I HAD ONE ARMORED BEAR CAT IN THE FRONT OF THE ADDRESS, WITH AN LRAD WHICH IS A LONG RANGE ACOUSTICAL DEVICE. ALSO, THAT WAS MIRRORED IN THE REAR OF THE ADDRESS. ALL VEHICLES HAD RED AND BLUE LIGHTS ACTIVATED. WE ALSO DEPLOYED SNIPERS IN THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE ADDRESS. AS A POINT OF ATTEMPTING TO LOOK INSIDE THE ADDRESS TO GIVE US ANY INFORMATION. ALONG WITH THE LRAD, WE ADVISED THAT HE WAS UNDER ARREST. THE ORDERS WE GAVE HIM WAS VERY SPECIFIC ON HOW TO EXIT THE ADDRESS. INSTRUCTIONS WERE VERY CLEAR. MANY LRAD ANNOUNCEMENTS WERE MADE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. WHEN WE ARRIVED ON SCENE AT 2343 HOURS, WE DID BREACH THE FRONT DOOR AT 2950 HOURS WITH THE BEAR CAT PUSH BAR AFTER RECEIVING NO RESPONSE FROM INSIDE THE ADDRESS. AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSED, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MR. SAWCHAK'S HOME IS A FOUR PLEX, HOWEVER, HE HAD ACCESS TO EVERY UNIT INSIDE THE BUILDING. WE STARTED TO SYSTEMATICALLY OPEN WINDOWS AND DOORS BY THE USE OF OUR BEAR CAT PUSH BAR. THAT WAS DONE TO INTRODUCE A THROW PHONE INITIALLY FORKER NEGOTIATORS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH HIM. ON THE THROW PHONE, IT'S NOT JUST A COMMUNICATION DEVICE, IT HAS CAMERAS ON IT SO IT ALLOWS US TO SEE INSIDE HIS HOME AS WELL. OUR NEGOTIATORS RANG THAT PHONE

CONTINUALLY THROUGHOUT THE OPERATION WITH NO RESPONSE FROM MR. SAWCHAK. THE OPENING OF WINDOWS AND DOORS ALLOWED US TO ENTER TECHNOLOGY INTO HIS ADDRESS. WE USED DRONES TO FLY THROUGHOUT HIS HOME. AGAIN, WE NEVER SAW ANY INDICATION THAT HE WAS THERE. I BELIEVE HIS TV WAS ON BUT WE NEVER HAD ANY INDICATION THAT MR. SAWCHAK WAS THERE. FORMS OF DEESCALATION THAT WE DID ATTEMPT BEFORE EACH PORT, WE DID ADVISE HIM WHAT WE WERE DOING BECAUSE WE KNEW HE WAS A MAN IN CRISIS. WE ADVISED HIM, WE'RE GOING TO BREAK ANOTHER WINDOW IF YOU DON'T COME OUT. IF WE DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE, WE WOULD BREAK A WINDOW AND TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIM. TACTICAL PAUSES WERE ALSO DONE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. THAT IS WHERE I HAD MY OFFICERS TURN ALL THE TRUCKS OFF, EVERYBODY TURNED THEIR RADIOS DOWN AND TO SEE IF WE COULD HEAR HIM INSIDE HOLLERING OUT FROM AN AREA WHEREVER HE WAS. AGAIN, WE DIDN'T HEAR AN ANYTHING. IT'S MY TRUE BELIEVE THAT WE GAVE HIM EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO SURRENDER. AGAIN, NO INDICATION WAS EVER, EVER -- WE RECEIVED NO INDICATION THAT HE WAS EVEN IN THE HOME, NO RESPONSE AND NO MOVEMENTS. ONCE WE CLEARED THE MAIN FLOOR UPSTAIRS OF HIS RESIDENCE, WE MOVED TO THE BASEMENT. I SHOULD NOTE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD SEEN IN HIS RESIDENCE FALLS IN LINE WITH SOMEBODY WHO IS, I WOULD SAY ON THE HARDER SIDE, VERY MESSY, EVERYTHING IN THERE WAS MESSY. THAT CONTINUED DOWN TO THE BASEMENT. WE ATTEMPTED TO FLY A DRONE INTO THE BASEMENT. IT WAS SO CLUTTERED THAT WE ACTUALLY LOST A DRONE, A DRONE CRASHED ON THERE SO WE LOST OUR DRONE IN THE BASEMENT. BEING THAT IT WAS SO CLUTTERED, WE CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO THE BASEMENT WINDOWS. WE BROKE THE FIRST WINDOW OUT. WE BROKE THE

WINDOW, MADE ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT WITH THE LRAD, AND THIS TIME WE FOLLOWED THAT ANNOUNCEMENT WITH A THREAT OF USING CHEMICAL MUNITIONS. THAT THREAT OF CHEMICAL MUNITIONS WAS JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE HIM THINK TWICE AND HE SHOUTED OUT TO ONE OF OUR S.W.A.T. TEAMS THAT HE SURRENDERED AND HE WOULD EXIT HIS HOME. WE TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY AT 130 P:30 IN THE MORN TOTALING 5.5 HOURS ON SCENE. THAT WOULD CONCLUDE MY TACTICAL BRIEF. THANK YOU CHAIR.

SO CHAIR, COMMANDER WENT THROUGH HIS REVIEW SUMMARIZING ALL OF THE DOZENS OF CALLS AND POLICE RESPONSES, COMMANDER CAMPBELL GAVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE STEPS TAKEN DURING THE ARREST PROCESS, WHAT I AM GOING TO MOVE INTO NOW IS THE HEART OF WHAT THE PURPOSE OF AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW IS AND IT'S AGAIN GETTING BACK TO THOSE FOUR POINTS. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, WHAT YOU THINK SHOULD HAPPEN, WHY IS THERE A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE TWO, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT IT. SO LOOKING AT SOME OF THE HIGHER LEVEL THEMES HERE, THERE WERE SOME OFFICERS THAT RESPONDED, THAT WERE AWARE OF THE SITUATION. THEY ARE AWARE OF HAVING BRIEFED THE ROLL CALL, RESPONDED MORE THAN ONCE, GONE IN TIMES ATTEMPTED TO ARREST MR. SAWCHAK, BUT THEN THERE WERE OTHER OFFICERS THAT WERE NOT AWARE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING. SO IN THIS FIRST LINE, FIRST COLUMN, OFFICER SHOULD BE AWARE THAT WOULD BE AN EXPECTATION WE WOULD HAVE THAT IF THERE IS A TREND REGARDING VIOLENCE OR ESCALATING CRIME, THEY SHOULD BE AWARE OF THAT TO THE LOCATION WHICH THEY ARE RESPONDING. THE OUTCOME WAS THERE WERE TIMES WHERE POLICE OFFICERS DID NOT KNOW THE UNDERLYING HISTORY. THEY DID NOT RESPOND PREVIOUSLY THERE AT ALL. SO, THE DISCREPANCY HERE IN THE CARS THAT POLICE HAVE, THERE ARE COMPUTERS IN THEM. POLICE OFFICERS DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MANUALLY GO THROUGH AND CONDUCT SEARCHES BOTH IN THE POLICE REPORT SYSTEM AND ALSO IN THE COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM. THAT IS OFTEN NOT DONE PARTICULARLY WHEN THERE ARE CONCERNS AROUND RESPONSE TIMES. AT TIMES, A DISPATCHER IS AWARE AND THEY ARE ABLE TO SEND THE OFFICER A MESSAGE OR ALERT THE OFFICER OVER THE AIR BUT

TYPICALLY IT IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR AN OFFICER TO MANUALLY TRY TO SEARCH FOR THIS INFORMATION. SO, REALLY THE WAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GO IS TO IDENTIFY IMPROVEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY SO THAT OUR OFFICERS WILL HAVE THIS INFORMATION QUICKLY AND BE ALERTED TO THAT WHILE THEY ARE RESPONDING. SO, PART OF WHAT IS HAPPENING THAT IS INCLUDED WITHIN THIS IS THAT WE SENT OUT A REQUEST FOR INFORMING AROUND A NEW RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO NEEDED FOR PURPOSES OF COMPLYING WITH THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND THE CONSENT DECREE. SO WE'RE HOPING IN THAT PROCESS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO UPDATE AND HAVE THAT AS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THIS CAPACITY COULD BE AUTOMATED, THAT WE CAN SET ADDRESSES ON THERE AROUND REPEAT ADDRESSES SO THAT OFFICERS WILL RECEIVE AN ALERT WITHOUT DONE A MANUAL SEARCH OF THE ADDRESS WHILE THEY'RE RESPONDING. THE SECOND LINE ON THERE, THE RESIDENTS OF MR. MA TUR RI AND SAWCHAK SHOULD HAVE BEEN FLAGGED BECAUSE OF THE HIGH-VOLUME OF CALLS. THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO THINK ABOUT THIS AND I'M THINKING OF ACTUALLY BOTH OF THEM. THE ADDRESSES WERE FLAGGED IN THE CAD IN APRIL OF 2024 AND THAT FLAG IS AN ALERT THAT ALERTS THE DISPATCHER WHEN THEY'RE SENDING THE OFFICERS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL HAZARD AND THAT INFORMATION CAN BE ENTERED IN THERE. SEPARATELY, THERE IS THE ABILITY TO MANUALLY SEARCH, TO HAVE OUR ANALYSTS MANUALLY SEARCH REPEAT ADDRESSES, REPEAT VICTIMS, REPEAT OFFENDERS. THAT IS ALSO A SEPARATE WAY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS AS WELL. SO IN TERMS OF THE CAD FLAGS, PREVIOUSLY SUPERVISORS HAD THE

ABILITY TO DO THAT AND IT WAS NOT WIDELY USED AT THIS TIME. SO NOW WE HAVE THE STRATEGIC ANALYSIS UNIT THAT IS OUR CIVILIAN ANALYST AT LEAST WEEKLY THERE, RUNNING ADDRESSES AND SENDING ALERT TOSS THE PRECINCT INSPECTORS TO ENSURE THEY ARE AWARE OF REPEAT ADDRESSES IN PARTICULAR, ISSUES AROUND NEIGHBOR TROUBLES THAT NEED TO BE ESCALATED SO THE PRECINCT INSPECTORS ARE AWARE. ADDITIONALLY, CHIEF MARTIN WILL SPEAK ON THE MEDIATION PILOT PROGRAM WE HAVE, AS WELL AS LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, ALLOWING ALL PERSONNEL TO FLAG IN THE CAD, THE COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH CENTER ADDRESSES. SO THE INVESTIGATIVE CASES, THERE WERE POLICE REPORTS THAT WERE TAKEN AND MANY OF THEM RESULTED IN INVESTIGATIONS. THE INVESTIGATION'S CAPACITY WAS OVERWHELMED AT THIS TIME. AT THIS TIME, THERE WERE HALF THE NUMBER OF INVESTIGATORS WHAT WE HAD IN 2020, IN PARTICULAR THE INSULT UNIT WAS STAFFED WITH 3 INVESTIGATORS BUT DURING THE SUMMER OF 2024, BETWEEN VACATIONS AND FAMILY LEAVE, AT TIMES THERE WERE TWO INVESTIGATORS ASSIGNED. THERE WERE SEVERAL INCIDENTS THAT WERE EITHER NOT ASSIGNED TO AN INVESTIGATOR OR SIMPLY NOT ESCALATED TO LEADERSHIP. THAT IS BOTH THE LACK OF THE INVESTIGATIVE CAPACITY THAT EXISTED AND A LAX OF COORDINATION BETWEEN PATROL AND THE INVESTIGATIVE COMPONENT. SO WITH THAT AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE ANALYSTS ARE LOOKING AT THESE ADDRESSES AND LOOKING AT THE REPORTS THAT COME THROUGH THAT AND FLAGGING THOSE TO ENSURE THAT THE INSPECTOR IS AWARE. ADDITIONALLY AT THIS TIME, THERE WERE THREE INVESTIGATORS ASSIGNED TO ASSAULT. THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN DOUBLED NOW. THERE ARE

6 INVESTIGATORS, A LIEUTENANT AND CIVILIAN INVESTIGATOR ASSIGNED AS WELL. ANOTHER ISSUE THAT CAME UP THAT WAS NOTED IS THERE WERE ACTIONS TAKEN BY BOTH PATROL OFFICERS AND SOUTH SIDE, THE SOUTH SIDE REACT TEAM. HOWEVER, THEIR ACTIONS WERE NOT CONSISTENTLY DOCUMENTED. SOME OF THE OFFICERS DROVE BY THE ADDRESS IN BETWEEN CALLS, BUT DID NOT LOG IT IN THE CAD. THERE WASN'T A CONSISTENT AND UNIFORM WAY ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT WHERE PEOPLE DID THAT. SO OFTENTIMES OFFICERS DID CONDUCT THE DIRECTED PATROLS IN BETWEEN 9-1-1 CALLS FOR SERVICE, BUT THEY DID NOT MAKE A CAD ENTRY IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE AVAILABLE FOR CALLS BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT ULTIMATELY DID NOT RESULT IN THAT PROACTIVE ACTIVITY BEING LOGGED. SO OFFICERS HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TO ENSURE THAT THEY USE THE DIRECTED PATROL FUNCTION IN THE CAD AND THAT SUPERVISORS WILL DISRUPT OFFICERS ON DIRECTED PATROLS IF A HIGHER PRIORITY CALL COMES IN. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT FOCUS OF THIS, IS THE RESPONSE TIMES. THAT WAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT ISSUE DURING THIS TIME AS I STATED AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE SINCE THEN TO ADDRESS THAT. THERE ARE SOME SLIDES COMING UP WHERE I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT. SO, UTILIZING SEARCH WARRANTS IN ADDITION TO ARREST WARRANTS WHEN APPROPRIATE. ULTIMATELY A FELONY ARREST WARRANT WAS ISSUED BY JULY OF 2024. LEADERSHIP AT THE TIME, AT THE PRECINCT LEVEL IN ATTEMPT TO DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION, THEY STARTED OFF WITH SURVEILLANCE SENDING THE REACT TEAM, HAVING OFFICERS CONDUCT DIRECTED PATROL. DIRECTED PATROLS IN ATTEMPT TO ARREST THE PERSON OUTSIDE THE RESIDENCE.

THAT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. POLICE ARE ALLOWED TO FORCE ENTRY WHEN THERE IS A FELONY LEVEL ARREST WARRANT. THE CONDITIONS UNDER THE LAW FOR THAT TO HAPPEN ARE, IT HAS TO BE THE PERSON'S RESIDENCE, THE PERSON HAS TO HAVE A FELONY WARTRANT, YOU HAV TO CONFIRM THAT, AND THERE HAS TO BE PROBABLE CAUSE THAT THE PERSON WAS THERE AT THIS TIME. THAT WAS CONSISTENTLY A PROBLEM EVEN AS WE HAD COMMANDER CAMPBELL MENTION, EVEN DURING THE ARREST PROCESS, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS TEAM TO DETERMINE, TO VERIFY THAT THE PERSON WAS INSIDE AT THE TIME. SO, THE DEPARTMENT WARRANT POLICIES FOR ARRESTS AND SEARCH WARRANTS IS BEING UPDATED, THAT'S PURSUANT TO THE AGREEMENT AND THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE RETRAINED IN ARREST AND WARRANT POLICIES ONCE THAT IS APPROVED. ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THE TIMELY EXECUTION OF WARRANTS, ARREST WARRANTS. THE COMMANDER NOTED NEARLY 20,000 ACTIVE WARRANTS IN THE COUNTY. A PROBLEM INTERNALLY IS FOR A FEW YEARS SINCE 2020, WE DID NOT HAVE A SINGLE ENTITY IN THE DEPARTMENT DEDICATED TO APPREHENDING WANTED VIOLENT PERSONS. SO, THIS YEAR WE BROUGHT BACK OUR VIOLENT CRIMINAL APPREHENSION TEAM. THAT'S THE ENTITY THAT EXISTED PRIOR TO 2020. IT IS BACK NOW. THAT IS THE ONE PLACE THAT PATROL AND INVESTIGATORS CAN TURN TO THAT SPECIALIZES IN SIMPLY ARRESTING PEOPLE, FINDING PEOPLE AND ARRESTING PEOPLE. DURING THIS TIME, THERE WERE SEVERAL ENTITIES THAT JUST DID NOT EXIST SO THERE WAS A RELIANCE ON THE SOUTH SIDE REACT TEAM, WHICH IS THE PROACTIVE TEAM FOR ALL OF SOUTH SIDE TO TRY TO STEP IN AND MAKE THAT ARREST. SO, THE VCAT TEAM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND THEY ROUTINELY COORDINATE WITH THE

SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT PICK UPS AND WANTED PERSONS ARE ARRESTED. TIMELY RESPONSE BY POLICE. RESPONSE TIME HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM SINCE 2020. IT HAS GREATLY IMPROVED OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO. RESPONSE TIMES DURING THIS PERIOD WERE EXCESSIVE. THERE WERE TIMES WHERE CALLS WERE NOT DISPATCHED FOR HOURS. THERE WERE OTHER TIMES WHERE THE RESPONSE WAS IMMEDIATE. IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW, THE STAFFING SHORTAGES, THE INCREASED VOLUME OF CALLS, AND THE INCREASED VOLUME OF VIOLENT CRIME THAT REQUIRED MULTIPLE POLICE OFFICERS TO BE ON SCENE WAS A CHALLENGE TO THE RESPONSE TIMES. SO, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE SINCE THEN TO ADDRESS THIS. YOU KNOW, AS OF TODAY, FOR THIS YEAR, THERE IS ONE LIEUTENANT, 24 HOURS A DAY THAT MONITORS ALL CALLS FOR SERVICE CITYWIDE. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE HAVE DONE TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE PATROL LEVEL, AT THE SUPERVISORY LEVEL, TO ENSURE THAT OFFICERS ARE CLEARING CALLS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, THAT ARE DISRUPTED WHEN HIGHER PRIORITIES COME IN, AND WE REPORT ON RESPONSE TIMES AT MSTAT AND WE'RE CLOSE TO MEETING THE RESPONSE TIME GOALS THAT WERE TYPICAL HERE PRIOR TO 2020. SO THIS NEXT SLIDE IS SIMPLY ABOUT, TALKING ABOUT DOCUMENTING COMMUNICATION. WHAT WAS PARTICULARLY PREVALENT DURING THIS TIME, THERE WERE JUST SO MANY CASES AND WITH STAFFING BEING LOW, THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPENED THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO BE ACCESSED LATER. THERE WERE TIMES THAT YOU KNOW, THAT INVESTIGATORS DID TURN OVER CASES FOR CHARGES, HOWEVER NOT

EVERY CASE, FOR EXAMPLE, COULD BE CHARGED AS A FELONY. SO, THERE WERE INSTANCES WHERE THEN WE HAD THE ABILITY TO TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SIMPLY BECAUSE NOT ALL CASES REPORTED AS FELONIES MEET THE ELEMENTS OF THE OFFENSE FOR FELONIES. WE'RE JUST ENSURING GOING FORWARD THAT OUR INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN UPDATED SO THAT ALL OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AROUND EVIDENCE AND THIS TYPE OF THING WITH PROSECUTORS DOCUMENTED IN THE SYSTEM SO IT CAN BE ACCESSED LATER IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. SO HERE ARE PRIORITY 1 MEDIAN RESPONSE TIMES. SO THESE ARE LOOKING AT THE TYPES OF CALLS THAT WERE INVOLVED, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. TO THE LEFT OF THAT FIRST DOTTED RED LINE ARE THE CALLS GOING DURING THE TIME PERIOD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, ENDING WHEN MR. MA TORY IS SHOT. FIGHTS, PERSON WITH A GUN, PERSON WITH A WEAPON, AND THREATS. DURING THAT TIME, YOU CAN SEE THE AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME CITYWIDE FOR THESE CALLS. NEIGHBOR TROUBLING DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, THE FIRST BAR, IT'S 1794 NEIGHBOR CALLS, 8471 SUSPICIOUS PERSON CALLS. YOU CAN SEE AFTERWARDS AND PRIORITY ONE IS THE EMERGENCY CALLS. THOSE ARE THE CALLS TYPICALLY, THE GOAL WE HAVE SET TODAY IS TO TRY TO RESPOND IN 7 MINUTES OR LESS TO THESE EMERGENCIES. SO, THESE ARE WHEN THESE TIMES OF EVENTS ARE IN PROGRESS AND IT'S THE

HIGHEST LEVEL OF RESPONSE. YOU CAN SEE SINCE THEN, WE HAVE DECLINED QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY AND AS OF THIS QUARTER, WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO MEETING THAT 7 MINUTE GOAL. THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE PRIORITY 2 RESPONSE TIMES. THESE ARE SPECIFIC NATURE CODES THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT. SO, NEIGHBOR TROUBLE, ASSAULT IN PROGRESS, DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, FIGHT, AND THOSE TYPES OF CALLS. YOU CAN SEE THE AVERAGE TIME IS OVER AN HOUR AT THE TIME WHEN MR. MA TORY WAS SHOT. THE AVERAGE TIME FOR THESE TYPES OF CALLS IS CLOSE TO THE GOAL WE WANT MINUTES. THESE ARE LOOKING AT ALL CALLS IN SERVICE IN GENERAL. THE EMERGENCY CALLS, PRIORITY 2, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THERE OF ALL PRIORITY 2 CALLS, WE'RE ABOUT, JUST ABOUT UNDER OUR GOAL TODAY OF 20 MINUTES OR LESS ON AVERAGE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. PRIORITY 1, THOSE ARE THE EMERGENCY CALLS CITYWIDE. WE HAD ONE WEEK WHERE WE DIPPED UNDER 7 MINUTES, BUT WE'RE CLOSE TO MEETING THAT 7 MINUTE GOAL. AND LAST I WILL JUST INVITE UP BUREAU CHIEF MARTIN TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMMUNITY MEDIATION PROGRAM.

GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS GANESHA MARTIN. I'M THE BUREAU CHIEF AND AS CHIEF MENTIONED, I WILL BE GOING OVER THE NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR PROGRAM. I AM HONORED TO BE BEFORE YOU, SAD IN THESE CIRCUM CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SO HARMED. OUR HOUSE SHOULD BE A PLACE OF PEACE, SAFETY, AND REFUGE, NOT ONE OF ANXIETY, TERROR, AND FEAR, WHICH IS WHAT THE MOTURIS EXPERIENCED FOR WAY TOO LONG. WHEN I GOT HIRE, CHIEF AND AC GATORS HANDED ME A PIECE OF PAPER AND SAID MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO AT THAT TIME, I CONTACTED PRESIDENT CYNTHIA AND STARTED TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT UMCT AND THE NAACP PUT TOGETHER. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW FROM WORK THAT STARTED IN 2003, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE NC NCAArd -- NCAA P IN PART THEY HAD SIMILAR PROGRAMS. I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE PROCESS AND I ALSO HAVE SOME FACTS ON THE TIMELINE. SO THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PREVENT NEIGHBOR DISPUTES FROM ESCALATING TO CRIMINAL OR VIOLENT SITUATIONS, STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY RELATIONS, AND EMPOWER RESIDENTS TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS INDEPENDENTLY. THE NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MEDIATION PILOT PROGRAM IS THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN MPD AND NAACP TO ADDRESS NEIGHBOR DISPUTES THROUGH NEIGHBOR INTERVENTION. THE PROGRAM EMPHASIS PROACTIVE OUTREACH,

CASE TRACKING, AND ONGOING COORDINATION BETWEEN MPD AND THE NAACP. THIS INITIATIVE SEEKS TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS BEFORE THEY ETC. CAN LATE, REDUCE REPEAT CALLS FOR SERVICE, AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY RELATIONS. THE PROCESS THAT MPD GOES THROUGH BEFORE IT SENDS IT OVER TO THE NAACP, A CRIME ANALYST CONDUCTS WEEKLY REVIEWS OF CAD CALLS, NEIGHBOR TROUBLE AND PULLS DATA FROM THE CALLS. THE ANALYSTS COMPILE THIS INFORMATION INTO A WEEKLY REPORT AND DISTRIBUTES IT TO EACH PRECINCT CRIME PREVENTION SPECIALIST BASED ON THE INCIDENT LOCATION, CRIME PREVENTION SPECIALISTS THEN REVIEW THE REPORT AND SEARCH FOR ANY ADDITIONAL OR SUPPORTING DETAILS RELATED TO THE LIST OF CALLS. WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS, THEY ATTEMPT INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE INVOLVED PARTIES TO ASSESS THE CURRENT STATUS, WHETHER THE ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED, ESCALATED, OR REMAINS UNCHANGED. IF MEDIATION APPEARS APPROPRIATE, THE CPS INFORMS THE PARTIES THAT A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE NAACP WILL BE IN CONTACT. THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM ALSO RECEIVES AND REVIEWS THE WEEKLY REPORT. WHEN MEDIATION IS A VIABLE OPTION, THE CRIME PREVENTION SPECIALIST CONSULTS WITH THE SUPERVISORS AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM TO REFER TO NAACP. THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM THEN E-MAILS MS. CYNTHIA WITH THE NECESSARY CONTACT INFORMATION FOR BOTH PARTIES SO OUTREACH CAN BEGIN. AFTER THAT REVIEW AND FOLLOW UP, THE SITUATION APPEARS TO HAVE ESCALATED TO A POTENTIAL CRIMINAL MATTER AND MEDIATION IS NO LONGER A VIABLE OPTION. THE CPS SPECIALIST CONSULTS WITH PRECINCT LEADERSHIP AND THE SUPERVISORS TO DETERMINE THE NEXT STEPS. THE NAACP'S PROCESS

IS AS FOLLOWS. UPON RECEIVING REFERRALS FOR MPD, THEY LOOK AT WHETHER IT'S APPROPRIATE. IF MEDIATION IS PURSUED, THE NAACP CONTACTS THE PARTIES TO SEE IF THEY'RE WILLING. IF BOTH PARTIES AGREE, THEY CONDUCT AN ORIENT ORIENTATION CONDUCTED BY MS. CYNTHIA. THEN THEY FACILITATE FOUR HOUR MEDIATION SESSIONS, AND THE TEAM INCLUDES A LEAD, A COLEADER, AND THREE MEDIATOR ASSISTANTS. THEY USE GUIDED DIALOG, DEESCALATION TECHNIQUES, AND COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING STRATEGIES TO ENSURE MEDIATION IS CULTURALLY RELEVANT AND COMMUNITY INFORMED, NAACP PARTNERS COLLABORATES WITH CULTURALLY SPECIFIC COMMUNITY GANIZATIONS. THIS DATA IS TRACKED SO WE HAVE A MONTHLY MEETING WIT MPD AND NAACP, OUR NEXT MEETING HAPPENS TO BE TOMORROW. WE EXAMINE THE CASES INCLUDEDN THE WEEKLY REPORT THAT WERE NOT REFERRED FOR MEDIATION ALONG WITH THE REASONS WHY. THEY MAINTAIN A TRACKING SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE DATE THAT IT WAS ASSIGNED TO THE CP SUSHGS, THE DAY IT WAS REFERRED TO THE NAACP, THE MEDIATION STATUS, THE MEDTION SESSION OUTCOMES, THE DATE, AND IF APPLICABLE, THE DATE IT RETURNED TO MPD, FOR EXAMPLE IF THERE WAS VIOLENCE THATOCCURRED. AT THIS TIME, ABOUT FIVE CASES HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE NAACP FOR THEM TO REVIEW WE DID HAVE A TIME WHERE WE REALLY HAD TO WORK ON THE CONTRACT. I DON'T KNOW, YOU

PROBABLY ARE AWARE BUT THERE , I THINK IT'S A NEW POLICY WHERE YOU HAVE TO GET CYBERSECURITY INSURANCE AND IN MY SHORT TIME HERE, I HAVE SEEN THAT IS DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE IN SMALL BUSINESS AND FOLKS THAT DON'T HAVE HUGE BUDGETS SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH HERE. OTHERWISE, THE PROGRAM IS UP AND RUNNING AND THIS WAS SET UP AS A PILOT. SO, WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE DOWN A OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN SO BY THE TIME THE END OF THE PILOT HAPPENS, WE CAN ASSESS THE EFFICACY AND SEE IF IT DID WHAT IT WAS INTENDED TO DO AND WE WILL B BACK BEFORE YOU ALL WITH THOSE RESULTS.

TNK YOU SO MUCH. YES, THANK YOU. CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. I CAN STAND FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU CHIEF AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT WAS A PART OF THE PRESENTATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE LEVEL OF DETAIL IN THIS. WE HAVE A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE. I WILL LET COUNCI MEMBERS KNOW THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE CAPTIONS UNTIL 5:30 P.M. I HAVE NOTEEN NOTIFIED IF WE'RE ABLE TO EXTEND OR NOT.SO, JUST WANT PEOPLE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT FACT. THE FURSZ FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER I WILL RECOGNIZE IS COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.

HI THERE, THANK YOU. THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTIONED I HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT ST. PAUL POLICE WAS HELPING OUT -- DID THEY RESPOND TO ONE OF THE INCIDENTS AND THAT WAS THE ONE WHERE THERE WAS THE ALTERCATION D THEN SAWCHAK -- IS THAT CORRECT? CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, YES, SAINT PAUL POLICE RESPONDED JUNE 11TH, I BELIEVE. THAT IS NOT THE FIGHT THAT I THINK YOU WERE REFERENCING. THOSE WERE TWO MINNEAPOLIS OFFICERS THAT HAD NEVER RESPONDED TO GRAND AVENUE BEFORE. OKAY, SO THE ST. PAUL RESPONSE WAS A DIFFERENT DAY.

CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, YES. I BELIEVE IT WAS JUNE 11TH. OKAY. YOU NOTE IN HERE THAT THERE IS A BACKLOG OF WARRANTS IN HENNEPIN COUNTY AS OF A COUPLE DAYS AGO OF 18,000 WARRANTS. IS THAT NORMAL FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY?

COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT, WHEN I CONDUCTED MY REVIEW, I CONTACTED HENNEPIN COUNTY SHERIFF IN 20, THEY HAD 27 OUTSTANDING WARRANTS AND AS CHIEF O'HARA NOTE IN THIS PAST QUARTER, THEY HAD 18,000 AND CHANGE FOR OUTSTANDING WARRANTS. SO, HISTORICALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS AT OVER THE COURSE OF 10 YEARS BUT AGAIN, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IS A PRETTY COMMON BACKLOG FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY OVER THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. OKAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT OER COUNTIES LIKE RAMSEY COUNTY IS AT? I DO NOT SIR, NO.

THAT WAS A SURPRISING NUMBER TO SEE. CANOU TELL ME IF AT ANY POINT WAS THIS AND IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS DONE. I TRULY DON'T KNOW. WAS THIS EVER FLAGGED AS A CASE THAT INVOLVED RACIAL VIOLENCE OR HARASSMENT BASED ON RACIAL IDENTITY? CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, YES. THERE IS A POLICE OFFICER THAT RESPOND AND ATTEMPTED TOET FELONY LEVEL CHARGES WITH A BIAS MOTIVATION. ULTIMATELY, I BELIEVE THOSE CHARGES WERE DECLINED.

OKAY, SO THIS WAS INCLUDED IN THE FIRST SET OF CHARGES THAT WERE DECLINED? CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, YES. I WILL HAVE TO LOOK UP THE DATE. I DO RECALL THE OFFICER AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE DATE OFFHAND.

OKAY. I HAVE MANY QUESTIONS, IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHICH IS THE BEST TO ASK. BASICALLY, THERE WAS A LOT OF TIME WHEN SOMETHING COULD HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED TO GET MR. SAWCHAK. WHAT WAS IT THAT KEPT THIS FM THE LEVEL OF WE NEED TO GO IN AND GET THIS GUY.

CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, ONCE THERE WAS A FELONY WARRANT ISSUE IN JULY, POLICE WOULD HAVE H AUTHORITY TO FORCE ENTRY TO MAKE AN ARREST. HOWEVER, LEGALLY WHAT IS REQUIRED IS YOU HAVE TO KNOW THATT'S A PERSON'S HOME. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FELONY WARRANT. YOU NEED PROBABLE CAUSE TO KNOW THAT HE IS IN THERE RIGHT NOW. THE DETERMINATION HAD BEEN MADE BY THE SUPERVISORS INVOLVED. THAT DID NOT HAPPEN OTHER THAN THE FIGHT CALL, AS FAR AS MR. S THE POLICE WERE THERE. THE DETERMINATION THAT WAS THERE AND THE PLAN THAT WAS MADE BY PEOPLE ON THE PRECINCT LEVEL WAS TO CONTINUE TO CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE, T HAVE OFFICERS CONDUCT DRIVE BYES AND DIRECTED PATROLS TO TRY TO ARREST HIM WHILE THIS PERSON WAS OUTSIDE. THERE WAS INFORMATION AT SOME POINT THAT HE GAVE OUT AROUND 4:00 A.M.O 6:00 A.M., THERE WERE ATTEMPTS TO BE THERE DURING THOSE TIMES TO MAKE THE ARREST. WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS REFERENCING WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE INCREASED TRAINING ON WARRANTS, SERVICE OF WARRANTS, AND SEARCH WARRANTS, AFTER A TIME WHERE THERE WAS NOT EFFECTIVE AND IT O MAKE THE ARREST, THE DETERMINATION COULD HAVE BEEN MADE TO SEEK A SEARCH WARRANT AND IT WAS NOT ESCALATED TO THAT POINT. IF TRE WAS SWRN EARCH WARRANT, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN HANDED OFF TO THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION TO THAT PROCESS OF CONDUCTING RISK ASSESSMENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN SOMETIME BUT WOULD HAVE LED TO FORCING ENTRY INTO SAWCHAK'S HOME,

WHETHER OR NOT THE POLICE COULD CONFIRM HE WAS THERE.

OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'M DISMAYED BY THIS REPRESENTING WARD 8. WE HAVE A TE OF TWO PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS, ONE WHERE GEORGE FLOYD IS MURDERED WHEN HE IS COMPLYING AND ANOTHER WHERE MR. MOTURI IS SHOT WHEN HE IS DOING EVERYTHING TO TRY TO PROTECT HIMSELF AND THE HISTORY OF HOW THIS WAS HANDLED WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED THERE, THIS IS VERY DISTURBING. YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS BUT TO SAY IT AGAIN, FOLKS IN WARD 8 ARE VERY DISTURBED BY THIS CASE, EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED HERE AND EVERYTHING THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN HERE. SO I WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU MAN TIMES OVER THIS ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO KEE THIS KIND OF MASSIVE SYSTEMIC FAILURE FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU. WOUNS COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. THE NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR PROGRAM, IT'S BEEN HIGHLIGHTED SEVERAL TIMES. WHAT I AM A BIT CONFUSED, YOU REFERENCED THE CONTRACTS. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A FORMAL CONTRACT. YOU ARE CITING A BARRIER OF CYBERSECURITY AS A REASON WHY THERE HASN'T BEEN A CONTRA.

NOW CHAIR THROUGH COUNCIL, I THINK I GOT THAT RIGHT, THERE WAS A CONTRACT THAT HAD BEEN EXECUTED. IT TOOK A -- IT TOOK A LOT TIME TO GET EXECUTED IN PART BECAUSE OF THE CYBERSECURITY. MR. CYNTHI HAD TO CALL AROUND, GET QUOTES, TRYING TO GET THAT TYPE OF INSURANCE. IT'S MY DERSTANDINTHAT AT THE END SHE JUST WAVED IT. THERE IS A CONTRACT FOR $50,000 I BELIEVE THAT WAS EXECUTED.

THIS OFFERS CLARITY. BECAUSE IT FITS UNDER OUR FINANCIAL POLICY OF LESSHAN $175,000, THAT'S WHY IT DID NOT MOVE THROUGH COUNCIL REVIEW. I HAVE BEEN ASKING THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AND I BROUGHT NAACP TO TALK ABOUT THEIR WORK. WE ASKED EXPLICITLY WAS THERE A FINANCIAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND TH AT THAT TIME TO DO THIS WORK THAT THEY'RE TAKING ON, SUCH AS THE MEDIATION PROGRAM. WE WERE TOLD NO. SO THAT IS WHY I AM SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT WHEN THERE WAS A CONTRACT, NOTHING CAME THROUGH COUNCIL'S PROCESS, MPDLSO NEVER IN THEIR BUDGET MENTIONED THIS WAS GOING TO BE A PILOT THEY WERE ENACTING AND LET ALONE WOULD HAVE A FINANCIAL NOTE ATTACHED TO IT. FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR SOME TIME, WHAT ARE THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT MPD IS ENTERING INTO AND NOW WE KNOW THAT THIS OFFERS CLARITY. YOU WENT UNDER THAT $175,000 COUNCIL REVIEW LIMIT. YOU STILL HAVE TO REPORT IT BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT CONTRACTS WE'RE ENTENG INTO THAT MEETS THAT THRESHOLD. I HAVE BEEN WONDERING THIS TO WHERE IS THATCONTRACT, IF THEY'RE DOING THIS WORK, HOW ARE WE STREAMLINING RESOURCES AND WHY THERE WAS A DECISION TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE TECHNICALLY THEY HAVE PARTNERS ALREADY IN PLACE TO DO MEDIATION WORK. SO, I ALSO HAD THOSE QUESTIONS IF WE'RE NOT IN A FORMAL CONTRACT. COULD YOU GIVE ME CLARITY WHEN THIS CONTRACT TECHNICALLY START AND YOU MENTIONED THE LOT, SO WHEN IS IT SET TO EXPIRE?

SURE, I CAN TELL YOU -- SO THIS IS WHAT I HAVE. LET'S SEE, I WANT TO SEE WHEN IT STARTED. IT STTED, THE INITIAL CONTRACT STARTED JULY 16, 2025. ♪THEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS THAT WERE NEEDED, WE GOT THE APPROIATE CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE, 12/16/2025 AND THE CONTRACT WAS EXECUTED 1/6/2025. WE BEGAN THE OFFICIAL KICK OFF ON MARCH 25, 2026. SORRY, THIS SHOULD BE JANUARY 6, 2026.

SO THIS YEAR, SO THERE WAS A FORMULIZATION OF IT THIS YEAR. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN OUR QUARTERLY PREPORTS FOR THE LESS THAN $175,00 VENDOR CONTRACT. I WANT TO FLAG THIS BECAUSE OF TRANSPARENCY AND PARTNERSHIPS AND SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT MEDIATION SERVICES, THE BIGGEST PIECE IS THIS WAS A HATE CRIME ALSO. SO, ACALLY NEXT QUESTION, I DON'T THIN THINK THIS IS RELATED TO YOU BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OFFERING THE CLARITY.

ABSOLUTELY. WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATUS OF HATE CRIME TRAINING THAT IS BEING ADD ADVANCED ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT, WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS THAT WENT THROUGH IT. I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT T COUNCIL INITIATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CIVIL RIGHTS AND THEN IT WAS HANDED OVER TO MPD. THE UNDERLINE BASIS OF THIS CRIME IS THAT IT WAS A HATE CRIME. THERE WAS NO LEVEL OF MEDIATION THAT A COMMUNITY PARTNER COULD HAVE REALLY DONE TO JUST FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS WHAT WAS THE SPEARHEAD. SO IF YOU CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT. I KNOW THAT WAS TOUCHED UPON IN THE REPORT THAT YOU INCLUDED.

CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, YES THERE IS BIAS TRAINING IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THERE IS NEW TRAINING THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED IN PUSH SU PURSUANT OF THE AGREEMENT. I DON'T HAVE THE STATUS OF THAT.

I THINK ON PAGE 9 OF THE REPORT, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, IT SAYS YOU ALL DEVELOP HATE CRIME -- YEAH, THE TRAINING INTRODUCES TOOLS AND PRACTICES THAT ENHANCE LAW ENFORCEMENT'S CAPACITY. THIS TRAINING WAS CREATED IN NOVEMBER OF 2024. SO, IT'S KIND OF PREDATING MDHR'S OFTEN OFFERED THROUGH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA IN THE DAKOTAS. SO IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ENACTED TWO YEARS AGO AND I KNOW BECAUSE WE WORKED ON THIS AS A BODY TWO YEARS AGO. SO JUST SEEING TEMPERATURE CHECK WHERE OFFICERS ARE AT COMPLETING THIS.

CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, I HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. I KNOW SEPARATELY THAT THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE CONSENT AGREEMENT IN MDHR AROUND BIAS POLICING, THAT DOES SOUND FAMILIAR. I DON'T REMEMBER OFFHAND. WHAT YOU DID MENTION DOES SOUND FAMILIAR.

I'M RDING DIRECTLY FROM THE REPORT, PAGE 10 OF THE APPENDIX, APPENDIX B OF TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THAT IS REFERENCING HATE CRIME. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED CLARITY ON IS AS YOU OW, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AND I BROUGHT THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE OUT OF RESPECT AND IN RESPONSE TO DAVIS MOTURI WHO ASKED FOR A PUBLIC RELEASE OF TH INTERNAL ASSESSMENT THAT MPD AND OCS LDERSHIP SAID THEY COMPLETED LAST YEAR TO THE MEDIA. THIS FEELS LIKE A RESPON TO THE AFTER ACTION AND I KNOW MY OFFICER REACHED OUT TO OCS VERY CLEARLY, MULTIPLE TIMES ASKING YOU ALL ARE NOT PREPARING A RESPONSE TO THE AFTER ACTION. RESPOND TO THE REPORT YOU DID IN REAL-TIME AFTER DAVIS MOTURI WAS SHOT. YES, THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS. WE'RE GETTING A FULL ON RESPONSE TO THE AER ACTION. THIS IS NOT WHAT THIS ASKS FOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, YOU ARE AT YOUR 7 MINUTES. OKAY. I AM ALSO GOING TO LET MEMBERS KNOW TWO THINGS. WE HAVE TO END THIS MEETING AT 5:30. WE ARE ALSO AT QUORUM SO NO ONE CAN LEAVE. IF THEY HAVE TO LEAVE, WE WILL LOSEUORUM AND HAVE TO END THE MEETING. FYI. WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE.

I WANT TO START WITH BC MARTIN. I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR PILOT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WAS TRYING TO WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON IN 2022 WHEN YOU COME ON AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER AND YOUR INBOX IS FLOODED WITH THE MOST INSANE SPECTRUM OF THINGS YOU CAN IMAGINE. ONE OF THE COMMON THINGS IS NEIGHBOR DISPUTES AND THERE ARE OFTENTIMES THINGS THAT DON'T RISE TO THE OCCASION OF CRIMINAL INTERACTIONS THAT INCLUDE POLICE I'M CONCERNED THAT IT'S IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. A LOT OF MY EARLY CONVERSATIONS WAS CONTEMPLATING THIS TYPE OF PILOT TO EXIST WITHIN NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IN THE MOTURI CASE, THERE WERE SO MANY INTERACTIONS WITH THE POLICE AND THE ESCALATION JUST KEPT ON RISING BUT MANY OF THE NEIGHBOR DISPUTES THAT END UP IN MY INBOX, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY RISE TO THE OCCASION FOR A POLICE INTERVENTION AND I AM WONDERING HOW MIGHT WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO I AM SURE ALL OF US ON THI DAY ARE DEALING WITH NEIGHBOR DISPUTES, SMALL AND LARGE. WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO GET OUR CONSTITUENTS PLUGGED INTO THIS? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S AN MPD REFERRAL THROUGH AN D ENGAGEMENT AND INTERVENTION AND IT DIDN'T SEEM CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE WOULDE ANOTHER WAY OF GETTING ACCESS TO THIS SERVICE FOR WHEN WE LEARN ABOUT NEIGHBOR DISPUTES.

UH-HUH, THAT IS A GOOD POINT. THE ONE ENTRY IS THROUGH THE FUT 9-1-1 SYSTEM, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE CALLING BECAUSEHEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE RESPONSE. I DID HAPPEN TO WATCH BECAUSE THIS WAS BEFORE MY TIME. I HAPPENED TO WATCH THE PRESS CONFERENCE THAT UMCT AND THE NAACP DID SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOOTING. THEY MENTIONED THE SITES THEY HAVE AROUND THE CITY AND ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO COME IN AND MAKE, YOU KNOW, MAKE THEM AWARE OF ANY ISSUES AND THAT YOU KNOW, THEY COULD DO THE MEDIATION WITHOUT POLICE INTERVENTION. SO, THAT IS ONE WAY BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN BE OPEN -- WELL, IF YOU DON'T WANT IT TO COME THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I GUESS I WOULDN'T BE THE O TO IMPROVE THAT PROCESS BUT I THINK YOU MAKE A REALLY, A REALLY GOOD POINT.

I THINK I HAVE ONE AT THE TOP OF MY INBOX RIG NOW. SHOULD I FORWARD IT TO YOU? SHOULD I CALL MY CONSTITUENT AND SAY I WILL GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH BC MARTIN? THIS IS A PILOT AND AT THE END WE WANT TO SEE WHAT WORKED AND WHA DIDN'T WORK. ACCESSIBILITY IN A TIME OF CRISIS WHEN PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND WE DON'T NEED A POLICE RESPONSE AS AN OVERRESPONSE IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO GET TOWARDS. SO, I WOULD WELCOME FOR YOU TO SEND THAT ER. THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE PILOT PROCESS THAT WE ASSESS AT THE END. EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. AND THIS QUESTION IS FOR T CHIEF, IT SHOULD BE PRETTY QUICK. HAVE YOU MET WITH THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY YET?

CHAIR, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED, THE COMMISSIONER AND I UPCOMING. I JUST DON'T KNOW THE DATE OFFHAND. OKAY, IT'S ON THE BOOKS, IT'S SCHEDULED, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. CHAIR, CNCIL PRESIDENT, YES. OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU. GREAT. I WILL NOW RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN AND I WILL REMIND MEMBERS, WE NEED QUORUM TO FINISH TAKING ACTION ON THIS. WE CAN KEEP ON HAVING THE DISCUSSIONUT TO CLOSE THE MEETING, WE WILL HAVE QUORUM AND I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY WILL BE BACK.

YES, BECAUSE HER COMPUTER I RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU CHAIR. I HAVE A QUESTION, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS AND SPECULATION WITH THIS BEING VIEWED AS A HATE CRIME AND I BELIEVE THAT SOME PARTS OF IT WAS A HATE CRIME. AM ALSO THErd -- LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED WITH US IN PREDISPOSITION ABOUT THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE MOTURI HOME THAT HAD THE HARASSMENT ORDERS AND THE PREVIOUS REPORTS THAT CAME IN FROM THE OTHER NEIGHBORS UP AND DOWN THE BLOCK THERE ON GRAND AVENUE AND WHY THERE WAS NOT AN ESCALATION. SO WHAT WAS IN THE ACTUALLY REPORT THAT WENT TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY AS TO WHY THEY WERE NOT CHARGING, WHY WASN'T THERE PRESSURE APPLIED TO CHARGE THE CASE, ESPECIALLY BEING THAT MR. SAWCHAK, IT WAS KNOWN THAT HE HAD AN ENACT -- INABILITY TO STAND TRIAL PREVIOUSLY AND HE DEFINITELY HAD SOME PRETTY EXUBERANT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. WE KNEW THIS. SO I AM TRYING TO REALLY WRAP MY MIND AROD WHY THIS WAS AN ESCALATED IN THE EARLY ONSET BECAUSE THERE HAD ALREADY BEEN A HISTORY OF PRE-EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD, TERRORISTIC THREAT AND BEHAVIOR.

CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, THERE WAS FOR SURE ONE INCIDENT WHERE THE RESPONDING OFFICER FELT VERY STRONGLY WAS MOTIVATED BY BIAS AND MADE SIGNIFICANT ATTEMPTS TO HAVE THAT. HOWER, THE DETERMINATION WAS MADE JUST THE ELEMENTS OF THE OFFENSE WERE NOT THERE. SO, INOW THERE IS A LONG HISTORY WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL. COMMANDER MENTIONED GOING BACK TO 2015 WITH DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS THERE, HOWEVER IT WAS CLEAR AT LEAST IN THAT ONE INSTANCE FOR SURE, THAT THE OFFICER BELIEVED THAT THE MOTIVATING FACTORS RELEVANT FOR A CRIME-MOTIVATE BY BIAS WAS PRESENT.

OKAY, SO, I AM JUST -- YOU KNOW, JUST IN FAMILIARITY WITH THE AREA RIGHT THERE ON GRAND AVENUEIT'S NOT A VERY LARGE CONCENTRATION OF AN ALL BLACK BLOCK. SO THERE ARE MORE FOLKS THAT ARE THERE ON THE BLOCK THAT WERE EXPERIENCING SOME OTHER ISSUES THERE WITH THIS NEIGHBOR AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I AM LEARNING IT IS A FOUR PLEX UNIT AND HE HAD ACCESS TO ALL THE UNITS THERE IN THE FOUR PLEX UNIT, SO IT WASN'T -- AND YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEEDED TO GO IN AND CHECK ON THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE OTHER THREE UNITS, THAT WE KNEW HE WAS ONLY OCCUPYING ONE UNIT, OR DID WE ASSUME HE WAS OCCUPYING THE FOUR PLEX?

COMMANDER CHAINNEL BELLAN SPEAK TO THAT. CHR, COUNCIL MEMBER, THE HOME USE TO BE OWNED BY HIS MOTHER AND HEAD FULL RANGE OF THE ENTIRE PLACE. WE HAD THAT INFORMATION. SO YOU KNEW THAT THE OTHER THREE UNITS WERE VACANT IN THEIR ENTIRETY. CORRECT.

AND YOU WEREN'T CONCERNED BASED ON HIS MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER COMPLAINTS THAT RIDDLED THROUGH THE COMNITY SINCE 2015 THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN HELD AGAINST THEIR WILL OR ANYTHING ELSE, ANYTHING THAT COULD HAVE SPARKED CURIOSITY THAT WOULD HAVE GAINED YOU IMMEDIATE ACCESS KNOWING THE NATURE OF HIS MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING WITH ALL OF THE THINGS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN BE CREATIVE WHEN THEY WANT TO GET INTO SOME PLACE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A HUNCH, RIGHT? SO TRE WASN'T A HUNCH? NO THOUGHTS? IDEAS?

NOTHING THAT CAME TO ME. ABUSED SQUIRREL OR BIRD, NOTHING THAT CAME TO THE IDEA THAT IT WOULD BE BEST IF WE GOT INSIDE THERE TO CHECK ON A DOG, A CAT, AN ANYTHING, NOTHING. NOTHING THAT WAS PRESENTED TO ME.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS REALLY INTERESTING. I AM STILL JUST REALLY STRUGGLING WITH THE FACT THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL HAD BEEN TERRORING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THIS LEVEL OF MENTAL INSTABILITY FROM 2015 OR SAID BEFORE, RIGHT? THIS HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ARRESTED AND WAS SEEN TO BE UNFIT TO STAND TRIAL. THERE WAS HISTORY ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL AND I CAN ONLY LEAN BACK INTO THE FACT THAT WITH THI CASE THAT IT WAS A WHITE MALE, SO THAT IS WHY WE DIDN'T GINSIDE OF THERE AND GET HIM. IF IT WERE TO BE A BLACK MALE WITH TWO BIRDS, A COKE, A COUPLE OF SHOTGUNS, SIX PIT BULLS, AND CHICKENS FIGHTING IN THE BASEMENT, THEY WOULD HAVE LIFTED THE ROOF OFF OF THERE AND GOTTEN HIM IN A MATTER OF MOMENTS. NOW WE HAVE SOMEONE IN MENTAL HEALTH WHATEVER, AND WE WAIT AND WE DRAG OUR FEET AND THAT IS A DISSERVICE TO MR. SAWCHAK WHO WAS CLEARLY SPIRALLY AND IT IS A DISSERVICE TO EVERYBODY IN THAT COMMUNITY AND MY HEART JUST GOES OUT TO THE FAMILIES EXPERIENCING ALL OF THAT DISSERVICE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY WILL GO IN THERE FOR SOMEBODY. I MEAN I HAVE SEEN IT NUMEROUS AMOUNTS OF TIMES. SO, THAT IS JUST WITH THE SUSPICION OF DOORS BEING KICKED IN AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON THE SUSPICION. , I AM JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING. THANK YOU.

YEP. THANK YOU, NEXT I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. YES, THANK YOU. I JUSTHANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE VCAT TEAM, THE VIOLENT CRIMINAL APPREHENSION TEAM. I KNOW IT'S A RELATIVELYEW PROGRAM. WHAT IS THE PROCESS LIKE? HOW MUCH TIME IS SPENT ON THAT? WHAT IS THE PROCESS ON WHO REFERS CASES TO THEM? DO THEY COME FROM THE COUNTY? JUST MORE DET TAIL ABOUT THAT TIME.

THE VIOLENT CRIMINAL APPREHENSION TEAM WAS DISBANDED IN 2021 OR 2022, PRIOR TO ME BEING EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY. TODAY THEY ARE HOUSED WITH THE VIOLENT CRIMES DIVISION. THEY WORK HAND IN HAND OFTEN WITH THE FIREARMS ARREST, THE NON-FATAL SHOOTING TEAM. THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO TRACK AND APPREHEND ANVIOLENT OFFENDER ONCE THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE TO MAKE AN ARREST OR A WARRANT IS ISSUED. THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY SOME OUTSIDE AGENCIES. WE JUST GOT A NEW ONE THIS WEEK. THE STATE CORRECTIONS IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH US, WHICH IS HELPFUL. MANY OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING HARM ARE KNOWN TO THEM. SO, THEY WILL BE SUPPORTING US, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. SO, THAT IS THE TEAM THAT REGARDLESS WHERE AN INVESTIGATION GOES, IF GOES TO THE ASSAULT UNIT OR TO THE ROBBERY UNIT OR TO THE FAST TEAM OR HOMICIDE, IF THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS TO BE PICKED UP ONCE THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE DUO -- DEVELOPED, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO SPECIALIZE IN MAKING THOSE ARRESTS. IT WAS A FUNCTION THAT DIDN'T EXIST HERE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD BECAUSE OF RESOURCE DEMANDS. THERE ARE ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT WILL COORDINATE WITH THE FOLKS THAT SERVE WARRANTS AT THE SHERI'S OFFICE, WHETHER IT'S THOSE WHO HOLD THE WANRRANTS, OR THE SHERIFF HAS A VIOLENT OFFENDER ROUTINELY ALSO.

SO THOSE REFERRALS COME FROM OUTSIDE AGENCIES OR INTERNAL? THIS IS NEW, SO THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION. SORRY, CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, THESE ARE OUR INVESTIGATIONS. IT'S DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHETHER IT'S THE PEOPLE INVESTIGATING THE ROBBERIES, THOSE INVESTIGATING SHOOTINGS, UNITS INVESTIGATING ASSAULTS, NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS, HOMICIDES, THESE ARE OUR INVESTIGATIONS GENERALLY BUT THEY DO COORDINATE LIKE I MENTION WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFI AND OTHER AGENCIES. GREAT, THAT WAS PRIMARILY FROM CURRENT CASES OR WILL THOSE BE BACKLOGGED CASES LIKE YOU REFERRED TO IN THE PRESENTATION.

IT'S BOTH BECAUSE THERE ARE CASES THAT ARE OLDER. NOW IS THE TIME THAT WE DEVELOP PROBABLE CAUSE. SO IF THEY'RE CLEARING OUT A CASE, I BELIEVE THIS WEEK, THEY CLOSED EITHER SHOOTING OR HOMICIDE FROM TWO YEARS AGO, THEY'RELEARING THAT OUT, IF THAT PERSON NEEDS TO BE APPREHENDED, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TOAKE THE ARREST. THANK YOU FOR ALL THIS INFORMATION. YES, MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY, I WILL BE QUICK IN REGARDS TO THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING TODAY AND AS A CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE, I WANT TO LET MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DIG DEEP ON THIS TOPIC THAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY US AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BUT TO FAMILIES AND OUR CONSTITUENTS AT THE NEXT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE, MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY ARE BRINGING FORWARD A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE WHICH WOULD REQUIRE QUARTERLY REPORTS ON UPDATES REGARDING THIS CASE. I THINK O OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY CARE ABOUT AS MEMBERS OF THIS BODY IS TRACKING THE CHANGES THAT WILL BE COMING AS A RESULTROM THIS AFTER ACTION REVIEW AND WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO KNOW THIS, THIS GETS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE. I WANT FOLKS TO KNOW THIS WILL BE COMING BECAUSE THERE WILL BE MORE TIME FOR THEIR CONVERSATION AS WE DIG DEEP BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE NEED TO CHANGE.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE IN WHAT I'M PROPOSING WE DO. THE ARE STILL MEMBERS THAT WANT TO ASK FURTHER QUESTIONS, AND MEMBERS HAVE GOTTEN OUT O QUEUE, SOME MEMBERS ARE JUST WAITING, SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO I I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO SEND THIS TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY HEALTH EQUITY COMMITTEE. MAY I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. WE WILL TAKE UP THAT VOTE AND THIS WILL CONTINU THERE AND THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO ADJOURN HERE TODAY. SO, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. [AYES EXPRESSED]

THOSE OPPOSE SAY NO. THAT MOTION CARRIES. SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS WITH NO OBJECTION, I WILL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED. [GAVEL]